Chapter 12 – Last Stand
Desmond and Tali head back to the camp. Desmond explains there going to have military ships in the air like the Scorpion and the Samson. Bows and arrows won't exactly work.
"Bows and arrows won't work! I'm telling you that! You'd be lucky if you can get a scratch on that kinda armor."
"Then what else can we use?" Tali asks
Desmond sighs. He looks around. Getting up close won't work. Desmond sighs hard.
"God. If only we can somehow…throw something at it and…"
Desmond realizes something.
"Desmond?" Tali asks
Desmond snaps his fingers and forms a screen from his watch. The Na'vi are surprised at first and Desmond shows them a picture of a catapult.
"A catapult! That's what we need!"
They look at me like I'm crazy.
"I'm telling you, this thing you see here will work. Watch."
Desmond shows how it works.
"Look, it's perfect. We put a huge, whatever on it, pull a lever and, bam!"
The Na'vi flinch back.
"The whatever hits the Scorpion or Samson and they will go straight down. It's perfect."
"Yes it is, but…how can we build it?" Tali asks
Desmond laughs.
"It's a…unique design but I don't think we have to build that. Maybe…"
Desmond flips and turns his watch and shows a sling shot.
"This is simpler. Find some trees with a opening in it. And find something that will stretch really well and make a pouch. Go, go." Desmond orders
Same Na'vi run off and do what Desmond said. Desmond looks at his watch.
"Hour and forty three minutes."
"What else?" Tali asks
Desmond bites his lip.
"I want to see the traps you guys are making."
Tali nods and follows Desmond.
Out in the forest…
Desmond checks out the traps the Na'vi set around. Desmond looks up and sees mostly nets and…garbage.
"What is this?" Desmond asks looking up
Tali looks up as well.
"Nets."
"I see that. But that won't help at all."
Tali looks down at Desmond and Desmond looks up.
"This, I'm sorry, but, this is all wrong. I got to tell everyone."
Desmond rushes up and climbs up some fallen down trees.
"Hey!"
Desmond whistles and catches everyone's attention.
"You have to make these traps more, deadly. Instead of capture nets. Use something else!"
"Like what?" Tali asks
Desmond looks down and sees what he's standing on.
"Trees! We can use the trees!"
Tali looks.
"How?"
Desmond kneels down and looks into Tali's face.
"Just like the net, the moment someone trips the wire the tree will come flying down and smacking the hell out of the person."
"Really?" Tali asks looking at the trees
"There going to be in A.M.P. Suits', Desmond nods and thinks, 'Were going to need to knock them down in order to disable them. Tell them to do that." Desmond orders
Tali nods. She tells everyone to use the trees and heavy objects in the traps. Next, Desmond and Tali look at the hunters work. Desmond sees the Viperwolfs in hand made cages. He sees them pissed off more then ever.
"Hello again you fury bastard."
Desmond stands back up.
"We've managed to capture plenty of them." Hunter Woman says
Desmond nods.
"I see that."
"But the problem is, how are we going to open them when they come?"
Desmond tilts his head. He looks up and into the trees. Tali and the Woman Hunter look up. Desmond guides his hands up at the tree.
"Can, you tie a rope around the front of this thing? That way, all you have to do is lift it up?"
The Woman looks up and down.
"That can be done."
"Okay then. Place some of these cages around the area a bit. Separate far apart from each other. Some of you will be placed in the trees. Hide in there, see them coming, pull the rope and the wolfs are free.
The Woman Hunter nods.
"Understand." The Woman Hunter says walking away
Desmond nods.
"Good,' Desmond clears his throat, 'Very good."
Hour and five minutes left…
Desmond and Tali keep checking back with the groups. He makes sure that there doing what Desmond wants them to do. Desmond recalls his history teacher with all the crap he taught him. To think that old stuff that he learned is actually helping him in the situation at hand.
"Thanks Teach." Desmond whispers
Fifty one minutes left…
Desmond sighs and looks down at all the Na'vi getting ready. Tali walks up to Desmond and sees him a little worried.
"You think it will all work?"
Desmond sighs.
"I don't know. It's to hard to tell."
Tali nods and Desmond walks away. Desmond walks past a few trees and Tali looks down and sees Desmond gone.
"Desmond, Desmond?"
She turns around and sees Desmond walking away. She quietly follows him. Desmond walks in the area where his Avatar body is and Helen's Avatar body is. He looks at his for a moment and looks at Dr. Brown's Avatar body. He gulps and sorta smiles.
"Oh God…why am I going to talk to you now when I know that you can't hear me?"
Desmond shakes his head. Tali appears around a tree and seeing him looking down at her. Desmond sighs really hard.
"Oh boy Helen. Here we are. It's funny how I'm here and your not because…I find it…very amusing."
Tali just blinks. Desmond shakes his head.
"Look, I'm starting to get a bad feeling here. So…I want to talk to you now. Since I kinda blew you off the other day."
Desmond bites his lip and looks down.
"There was so much I wanted to say to you but…I couldn't. I kept thinking to myself that of all people on this island, why would you even want to talk to me."
Desmond sighs.
"I've done things I regret in my life in which I cannot change. Even now, I hope I can change the fate of these people."
Tali looks down and comes out behind the tree and to Desmond.
"I don't know…if I can do this…I can't,' Desmond lowers his head, 'I really can't do this by myself…"
Tali kneels down and crosses her arms.
"You won't have to."
Desmond gulps really hard and forms a smile on his face.
"Can you, PLEASE!' Desmond turns around, 'Tell me when your sneaking up on me like that. God!"
Tali stands up. Desmond sighs. He slowly looks up.
"Uhh, let's get back. I think I should see how the trap Na'vi people are doing."
Desmond walks away and Tali turns.
"Stop."
Desmond freezes and mumbles a few words shaking his head.
"What Tali?"
"Are you afraid of loosing?"
Desmond shakes his head.
"I'm not afraid of loosing."
Tali raises her eyebrows. Desmond sees.
"Okay. I'm not afraid of loosing this battle Tali. I'm not. I'm pretty sure were going to win. But it's just…"
Tali waits. Desmond rubs his forehead and looks up.
"When my mom died, all my dad did was point out who killed her. Me,' Tali blinks, 'With him doing that to me…all I wanted to do was to kill myself."
"Desmond."
Desmond puts his hand up.
"Hang on a second Tali. With me being who I am, I was hoping one of my crazy stunts I always pull would…you know. Kill me."
Desmond puts up his hand again.
"Hang on, I'm not done. So, you know. I'm passing time doing crazy stuff no other kid would and I hope that crazy stuff would do something to me. But since I'm here now. Right at this moment. I can't think of a reason why I want to do that to myself. Because right now…I have a good reason worth fighting for." Desmond explains sniffing at the end
Tali just blinks and thinks for a second. Desmond crosses his arms and Tali looks past Desmond.
"What?"
"Come with me."
"Huh?"
Tali grabs Desmond by the hand.
"Whoa! Where are we going?"
Tali doesn't say anything. Couple yards away, Desmond sitting on the ground watches Tali filling a hand made bowl with paint in it. Desmond sees and gulps.
"Uhh, can I ask you what you are doing?"
Tali turns around and dips her fingers in it.
"You said you had a good reason worth fighting for."
Desmond nods as he watches Tali put the paint around his face.
"Yeah? And?"
She looks serious at me.
"Don't go back on your word."
Desmond sorta smiles and Tali continues. After Tali is done, Desmond looks at himself from the watch. He nods and smiles.
"Cool."
I look ready for battle. Desmond looks up at Tali.
"Let's get back to work."
Tali nods and the two head off.
"Forty two minutes left…
All the Na'vi set up everything as Desmond ordered. Building, setting and placed traps everywhere.
Thirty five minutes left…
Desmond, talking to all the Warriors, Hunters, Fliers, to everyone. He goes through a plan that he set up in the middle of the area. Showing where and when he wants everyone at. He also comes up with a back up plan incase everything goes bad. Desmond shrugs.
"Twenty five minutes left…
Everyone starts getting ready. The Warriors prepare their bows, sharpening their knifes and getting ready to go out. Desmond is asked by Tan Jala to meet him by his throne.
"You called?"
"Here."
Tan Jala reaches behind him and hands Desmond a bow.
"This is?" Desmond asks
"For the fight."
Desmond looks up.
"Tan Jala, I…already have a weapon. See?" Desmond showing off his gun
"Hmm. Such a thing should never be considered as a weapon."
Desmond smiles.
"Well,' Desmond looks at the bow, 'Thanks. I'll defiantly use this too. Thanks."
Desmond walks off and Tan Jala just watches him.
Ten minutes left…
Desmond orders where he wants everyone to be in the trees. He checks the slingshots the Na'vi made. He sees them packed with large boulders.
"Perfect! B-E-A-UTIFUL!"
We got about six slingshots. I hope they work.
Back at Base…
Gates checks everything. He sees that everything is the way he wants them. Back with Desmond, Desmond looks at his watch and sees it getting close to the time. Colonel Gates sees it's about time. The two men look up and stare in the distance at each other.
(Same time)
"We're ready."
Desmond looks at his watch and see it hit zero. He takes a deep breath and radios in to the different teams from his watch.
"Sling shot team, status?"
Desmond handed out radios to the other teams in the area. A Na'vi Warrior answers.
"Ready."
Desmond nods.
"Trap team, status?"
A Na'vi Woman Warrior answers.
"Ready."
Desmond sorta smiles.
"Cage team, status?"
A Warrior answers.
"Ready."
Desmond gulps and takes a deep breath.
"Bird team, status?"
A Woman answers.
"Ready."
Desmond sighs softly.
"Tali, how are things on the ground?"
"Everything's good."
"Beyda'amo?" Desmond asks
"Everything's ok."
"Good."
Desmond climbs up a tree and looks into the distance. He takes a deep breath and calls back on his watch to Tali.
"Okay…the moment you see my signal. Get ready."
Tali narrows her eyes and radios back to Desmond.
"What will be your signal?"
Desmond smiles and nods.
"Oh, you'll know when you see it."
Desmond hops on the Leonopteryx and flies in the direction the military should be coming in. Aboard the huge airship, the Dragon, Colonel Gates looks through the windows of the Dragon and sees nothing in the distance. He grabs a radio and calls his men on the ground to move ahead.
"A.M.P team, move in now."
The men on the ground in the A.M.P. Suits start moving ahead. Colonel Gates smiles as he sees the men on the ground moving forward.
"That's it men. Anything blue and tall you shoot to kill. Understand?"
Back with Desmond, he flies straight towards the group. In the Dragon, a man spots something, huge on the radar.
"Uhh, Sir?"
Colonel Gates walks over to him.
"What?"
"I'm picking up something, very large on the screen."
"Where's it coming from?"
"Uhhh, straight ahead of us."
Colonel Gates flinches back and grabs a pair of binoculars and looks ahead. He sees closer and sees the giant Leonopteryx flying towards him.
"Jesus…" Colonel Gates whispers
The Leonopteryx continues to fly straight at them but stops.
"Huh?"
Desmond radios into the Dragon.
"Gates? Come in Bastard Gates. This is Desmond speaking." Desmond says calmly with a smile
Colonel Gates grows an angry look on his face and walks over to the speaker panel.
"Give me that!', Gates talks on the loud speaker, 'Desmond?"
"Hello Gates."
"Well Desmond. It seems to me like you haven't come back on our side yet."
"No, it hasn't."
"Where are you?"
"Right in front of you."
Gates turns his head and sees that Desmond, in the distance, is on top of the Leonopteryx.
"You try to kill these people Gates, you might as well as kill me too."
Gates smiles.
"Oh, I will make sure of that."
"Come and get me Gates!"
Gates smiles even more. Desmond grabs his rifle and shoots up in the air.
"COME AND GET ME~!"
Gates sees gun fire coming from Desmond on the Leonopteryx. Gates moves his hands forward.
"Alright! Move forward now! Everyone!"
Desmond sees a bunch of Scorpions and Samson's heading his way.
"Here they come! Ha!"
Desmond turns the Leonopteryx around and flies back towards the Na'vi. The Scorpions and Samson's pass up the Dragon and they go on ahead. The A.M.P. Suits are just yards away from the traps the Na'vi set. Desmond looks back and sees where everything is. Tali looks up and sees Desmond flying fast. She talks on the radio.
"Desmond?"
Desmond flies past the hidden slingshots and turns around. He yells in his watch for the Slingshot team.
"Don't fire yet! There not close enough! Hold on a second!"
The Na'vi wait for Desmond's signal. Desmond looks through the scope of the gun. He takes his eye away from it and sees the Scorpions and Samson's moving in.
"Wait! Almost there!"
The Na'vi wait to push the trees away from the slingshots. Desmond sees them moving closer and yells.
"Go! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!"
They push the trees away and launch the flaming balls of fire at the Scorpions and Samson's. Four out of six of the flaming balls of fire hit the Scorpions and Samson's. Desmond gets on the radio.
"Bird team! Go, go, go!"
Desmond turns around and watches several Na'vi on their ikran fly straight up and into the battle. Desmond throws up his hand and the gun in his hand yelling.
"YEAH!"
Desmond raises the head of the Leonopteryx and flies into battle. He looks down and sees the A.M.P. Suits getting close.
"Ground team! The A.M.P. Suits guys are coming in fast!"
Tali, Beyda'amo, and several other Na'vi people wait for them to arrive.
"Let the traps hit them first and hit them with everything you got! Cage team, release the dogs the moment you see them running around!" Desmond orders
Both teams copy that order. Desmond looks up ahead and sees a Scorpion right ahead of him.
"Your going down!"
Desmond aims at the Scorpion and shoots at it. The pilot of the Scorpion looses control from the gunfire being shot at him and goes down hard. Desmond flies away shooting at anything military. As Desmond flies, a Samson comes flying in right behind him. It shoots rockets at him and Desmond dodges them by going down.
"WHOA!"
Desmond looks back and sees the Samson right on his tail.
"You think you can fly as good as me? Well lets see!"
Desmond pulls back hard and makes the Samson do hard turns through the battle. Desmond looks off to the side and sees many of the Na'vi on their ikran shooting at the pilots of the machines and the men in them shooting back at them. Desmond looks back and sees the Samson right behind him. Desmond smiles and pulls back hard making the Leonopteryx completely do a whole circle and flying exactly right behind the Samson. The pilot looks around wondering where Desmond went and turns around slowly. Desmond aims the grenade launcher at it and smiles. The pilot sees and looks at Desmond.
"Bye."
Desmond pulls the trigger and it hits the engine's propeller. Desmond watches as the Samson looses control and crashes below. Desmond smiles and throws his hands up.
"Yeah!"
Desmond looks on the ground and sees the A.M.P. Suits.
"Time to get my feet back on the ground. Let's go!" Desmond orders the Leonopteryx to fly away.
On the ground…
The A.M.P. Suits cross paths from the traps set on the ground. Each A.M.P. Suit either gets knocked off it's feet or smashed in from the debris. Tali and Beyda'amo tell each Warrior to stay hidden until Desmond gets back. Tali reaches in and calls Desmond.
"Desmond? Can you hear me? These things are getting knocked around but there getting back up, what should we do?"
No answer. Beyda'amo looks out.
"We should move out and fight back!" Beyda'amo says getting up
Tali grabs him.
"No, not yet!"
"They're getting closer!"
Suddenly an A.M.P Suit spots them and shoots. The two and several other ground team members scatter. Everyone runs in a different direction. Tali runs into a corner and a A.M.P Suit stops her. He aims his gun at her and Tali prepares. But suddenly, a grenade hits the back of the A.M.P. Suit. Tali looks and quickly runs away. She turns around and sees Desmond.
"Desmond!"
Desmond quickly reloads another shell into the launcher.
"Looks like you needed a hand!"
Tali sorta smiles and waves her hand.
"This way!"
Desmond nods and follows her. They cross paths between arrows and gunfire. Tali jumps down a small hole in the ground and Desmond hides behind a tree. He takes a quick peek and sees some A.M.P. Suits damaged and abandoned. Some soldiers take cover behind some trees. Gun fire is shot at him and quickly ducks back behind the tree.
"Uhh…that was close."
Desmond quickly thinks of what to do. He reaches in his pockets and pulls out two grenades. He looks to the side and sees Beyda'amo.
"Beyda'amo!"
He turns his head and looks at Desmond. Desmond pulls both strings off the grenades and tosses one to Beyda'amo.
"Throw it at them!"
Beyda'amo catches it and throws it towards the soldiers. Desmond spins around and tosses one and runs for it. Tali sees Desmond running right towards the soldiers.
"Desmond!"
Desmond runs as quickly as he can. The grenades go off and the soldiers duck. Desmond jumps out behind a tree and smacks a soldier right in the face with his rifle. Another soldier notices and Desmond, quickly tosses his rifle at him. Making him catching it. Desmond runs and jumps right on top of the soldier and knocks him out. But suddenly Desmond gets surrounded. He picks up the rifle and looks around. Quite a few of them…Desmond aims the rifle up in the air and shoots off a grenade off the rifle. The soldiers duck and suddenly, the Titanothere screeches and stampedes right towards Desmond and the soldiers. The soldiers scatter and Desmond runs away from them but they chase him knocking everything down in there path. Desmond runs panting to death. He looks behind him and sees the Titanother are getting really close. He gasps and suddenly Tali rides by on a Dire Horse.
"Desmond!"
Desmond looks to his right and sees Tali on a Dire Horse riding next to him. She lends out her hand.
"Looks like you need a hand."
Desmond sorta smiles and jumps for Tali's hand.
"AH!" Desmond yells grabbing Tali's hand
Tali pulls Desmond up on the Dire Horse and Desmond looks back. He aims his rifle at a large tree and shoots at it with a grenade. The tree falls down and the Titanothere stop chasing him. Desmond reaches in his pocket and pulls out his last shell for his grenade launcher.
"Great, last one." Desmond says putting it in
Back on the Dragon…
Gates radios in every remaining soldier on the ground.
"I want every remaining soldier to retreat at once. Dragon is coming in hot." Gates orders
The soldiers on the ground, shooting at the Na'vi. Get the call from Gates and one man waves his hand.
"Fall back! Fall back now!"
Some of the gun fire slows down. The soldiers disappear in the distance. Some of the Na'vi begin to notice that the soldiers are going. They get out of their hiding spots and start to think they've given up. Some raise their weapons and some shout. Desmond and Tali ride back and see the soldiers going away. Desmond drops and sees everyone happy and glad the fight's over. Desmond looks around and notices something in the air. Tali looks around and sees Desmond looking up. She walks over towards him.
"We did it Desmond. We won."
Desmond shakes his head and points up.
"No. Not exactly."
Tali narrows her eyes.
"What do you mean?"
Desmond points up and gulps.
"Look."
Tali looks up and notices a large ship flying over by them. Desmond gulps and lowers his hand.
"Oh no. Not the Dragon. This just keeps getting better and better."
Desmond spins around.
"Come on!"
Tali follows Desmond. But suddenly, missiles from the Dragon shoot off. Desmond spins around and sees missiles flying right at them.
"Oh no!"
Desmond and Tali turn around and run away.
"RUN! GET OUT OF HERE!" Desmond yells
The Na'vi notice Tali and Desmond running. They look up and see something flying right at them. Everyone scatters. The missiles fly right down into the ground and explode right behind everyone. In the Dragon, Gates smiles as he sees the explosion from the Dragon.
"And that's how you kill the aliens."
The explosion goes off so hard, Desmond gets pushed off his feet and flies right against a tree. Desmond shakes his head and looks around at the destruction. In the Dragon, a soldier notices more movement on the ground.
"Sir, we still got movement on the ground."
"Fire at will, fire at will."
Desmond shakes his head and gets up. He looks at small fires here and there and notices some Na'vi on the ground. He helps them up and pushes off junk off of them. He searches and doesn't see Tali in sight.
"Tali! TALI!"
He spins around and sees her running towards him. He sighs in relief and runs towards her. She kneels down at him.
"Are you hurt?"
Desmond shakes his head.
"No…not really."
Desmond looses balance and Tali holds him.
"I'm little dizzy but…"
Beyda'amo runs past the two.
"That thing is killing us!"
Tali and Desmond look at Beyda'amo and look up at the Dragon. Desmond gulps and walks past the two.
"Get everyone out of here. I can stop it."
Tali gets up.
"What are you going to do Desmond?"
Desmond spins around and throws his hands up.
"I don't know…I'm making this up as I go. Just get everyone out of here and far away."
"What will you do?" Beyda'amo asks
Desmond spins back around and looks at the big satchel case of the bomb he has. He points at the Dragon.
"That thing, is coming straight down."
Tali and Beyda'amo look at each other and back at Desmond.
"Go on, go! Get everyone out of here!" Desmond orders running off
Tali and Beyda'amo spin around and run off too. Desmond quickly climbs a tree and passes the tree line. He looks up and sees the Dragon.
"Got to get up there."
Desmond whistles as loud as he can and sees the Leonopteryx flying right towards him. He hops on and points up.
"Let's go boy! Up to the Dragon!"
The Leonopteryx roars and the two fly up. Inside the Dragon, the soldier notices something big flying right towards them.
"Sir, something is flying right towards us."
Gates looks and looks out the window. He sees the Leonopteryx and sees Desmond on it.
"Son of a…', Gates radios in to any Samson or Scorpion left out there, 'Is there anyone out there still flying?"
A Samson radios in. And it happens to be the same soldiers in the Samson who were with Gates the day placing the bombs everywhere. And the soldier who shot Sarah, radios back to Gates.
"This is Davison Sir. Were the last Samson out here."
"Davison! There's a big ass ugly bird flying around me. Get if off my ass, now!"
"Rodger that Sir."
"And also…"
Davison waits.
"Desmond is on it. Get rid of him too."
Davison smiles.
"With pleasure Sir."
Gates nods and smiles. Davison orders the pilot to look for the Leonopteryx. The pilot flies and sees the Leonopteryx flying around the Dragon. Davison looks through his sniper scope and looks for Desmond.
"Where are you?"
Desmond slows down the Leonopteryx and looks down at the Dragon's roof right below him.
"Okay…"
Desmond jumps and lands right on top of the roof of the Dragon. The Leonopteryx flies away. Inside the Dragon, a Soldier notices that something or someone is on top of the Dragon.
"Sir, we got some movement on top of us."
Gates turns around.
"Let me see."
The Soldier pushes a button and a camera pops up on top of the Dragon. Gates spins the camera around and suddenly sees Desmond staring right into it.
"Whoa!"
Desmond kicks it and breaks it apart. Gates flinches and stomps his foot.
"Get me another camera! You there!"
Desmond looks around on top of the roof for the fuel line of the Dragon. He thinks he's standing right on top of it and places the satchel charge right on it.
"Okay. One minute should be good."
He sets his watch with an exact time estimate. He pushes both buttons and the count down begins.
"Alright." Desmond stands up and walks away
Gates looks closer on the screen and sees a bomb has been placed.
"He placed a bomb!"
The Soldiers look around and at Gates.
"Abandoned the Dragon!" Gates orders
The Soldiers scatter and head down to the docking bay. Desmond looks off and around.
"Okay, time to get out of here."
Desmond almost whistles but suddenly gets shot at.
"AH!"
Desmond jumps and ducks behind an engine pillar. He looks around and sees somebody shooting at him from a Samson.
"Oh, come on!"
Desmond looks at his watch and sees it's forty five seconds to go. Desmond reaches for his gun and shoots back.
"AH~!"
Desmond shoots and the Soldiers take cover. The pilot swerves and Desmond aims his launcher at it. He shoots but the pilot dodges it.
"Shit!"
Desmond continues to shoot back but his gun empties. He looks at it and rolls his eyes.
"Can't I get a break here?"
But Davison shoots back and almost hits Desmond. Desmond jumps.
"That's not what I meant!"
Twenty five seconds left…Gates walks to the last A.M.P. Suit and sees a Soldier needs it as well.
"This is the last one Sir."
"I can see that."
They both look at each other. Outside, Desmond wonders what he should do.
"If I stay here, I'll die!"
Desmond sticks his head up and ducks it back down from the shot. He whistles as hard as he can and sees the Leonopteryx flying right at him. He moves really low to the side and sees how high up he is. He gulps really hard. Fifteen seconds left.
"Sir, why don't we both take it?" Soldier asks
Gates thinks for a second and shakes his head.
"No."
Gates punches the soldier and hops into the A.M.P. Suit. Davison orders to the pilot to move another inch the other way so he can get a glimpse of Desmond. Desmond hangs onto a ladder built into the Dragon and looks at the Leonopteryx almost near him.
"I promise…I'll never, even think about ever jumping on top of a Dragon and placing a bomb on it ever again."
Desmond looks down and gulps.
"Oh God, please don't let me die."
Desmond turns his head and sees the Samson in clear sight. Gates activates the A.M.P. Suit and jumps down through the hole. Davison aims through the scope and Desmond jumps. Zero hits the bomb and the bomb goes off. The explosion is so big it causes the Samson to loose control.
"Get us out of here!" Davison orders
The Samson flies away and Desmond falls down into nothing. He screams for his life but gets caught by the Leonopteryx. Gates falls down hard in the A.M.P. Suit and quickly runs away from the crashing down Dragon. Desmond spins around and watches the Dragon hit the ground and explode some more. Desmond throws up his hands.
"YEAH!"
The Samson looses an engine and the pilot sets down hard on the ground. Davison and a few of his men get off.
"Come on guys! That little bastard is still out here! We have to get him!"
Desmond safely lowers the Leonopteryx on the ground. He jumps off and walks up to the head of it.
"Good job catching me boy. Good work."
It opens it's mouth and blinks at me. Desmond nods and waves his hands around.
"Go on. Get out of here!"
The Leonopteryx gets what Desmond wants it to do and it flies out of here. Desmond looks around and looks in the direction where he thinks the Na'vi must have gone.
"This way." Desmond says running in the direction
In the distance, Davison and his men search the area, but find nothing. Davison looks ahead and sees something running in the distance. He puts his hand up and stops his men. He pulls out a pair of binoculars and sees it's Desmond.
"Well, well."
Davison waves his hands forward and they move in the direction where Desmond is. Desmond jumps down and past some wreckage. Davison grabs a flash grenade and tosses it in front of Desmond. Desmond stops running and looks at what's on the ground. He recognizes it and runs.
"Oh, shi..!"
It goes off and Desmond falls on the ground rubbing his eyes. Davison and his men come out and see Desmond on the ground.
"Oh, God!"
Davison smiles and looks down at Desmond.
"What's the matter, can't see?"
Desmond tries to see but can't. That voice. Davison laughs.
"You can put on quite a show Desmond. I'll give you that. But your not so tough without your little Avatar huh?"
Desmond opens his eyes but gets kicked in the stomach by Davison.
"Oh, oh!"
Desmond rubs his stomach.
"What? Can't fight no more?"
He kicks him in the back.
"AH!"
Davison breathes slowly. Desmond shakes his head and gets up, but sits on his knees. He breathes slowly. Davison gets ready for another hit with his fist this time.
"You know Desmond…I always wondered, what its like to be an Avatar."
Desmond rubs his eyes.
"But I guess, I'll never know."
He throws his fist back and hits Desmond, but suddenly, Desmond catches his fist. Davison looks at his hand and at Desmond. Desmond slowly looks up hard at Davison. I can…barely see him. But I am, fully aware of where he is.
"Just because…', Desmond slowly begins to get up, 'I'm not in my Avatar', Desmond begins to control Davison's hand and his hand shakes, 'Doesn't mean…I can't kick your ass."
Davison looks hard at Desmond and Desmond kicks him away. He looses balance and falls on his back. A soldier next to Desmond cocks his rifle. Desmond hears it and grabs it. He throws it up and smacks him with his own rifle. Desmond again, hears another soldier cock is rifle and points it at him. Desmond spins around and the soldier accidentally shoots him the solider Desmond's hiding behind. Desmond kicks him in the back and makes him go flying into the soldier. The last soldier shoots at Desmond and Desmond runs away. Davison gets up and shakes his head.
"I can't believe he just did that. Guys, what's your status?"
"I shot Conrad."
The guys walk over to Conrad who's on the ground. He got shot in the vest but two bullets got through to his arms.
"He hid behind him. I tried shooting him." The Soldier explains
"I can see that.' Davison says looking down at Conrad, 'Conrad, can you move?"
Conrad shakes his head.
"You got me…pretty good."
Davison looks at the man who shot him. Desmond leans against a tree with a blindfold around his head. If I can make my eyes dark enough, the flash will disappear. But I think I'm going to enjoy this too. Desmond leans his head against the tree he's hiding in.
"Your man is down." Desmond explains to the soldiers
The men get up and look around with their guns pointing. Desmond, quietly jumps to another tree. Desmond peeks around the corner. He looks directly down at the last three guys.
"I'm giving you a chance to leave."
Davison smiles.
"And why would we leave?"
Desmond moves back and goes to another tree.
"Because you can't beat me."
Davison looks at the other two guys. They smile and Davison laughs.
"You think you can beat us?"
Desmond stops moving.
"Yep."
Davison looks around up in the trees.
"Were trained soldiers! What are you?"
Desmond jumps down.
"A trained Warrior."
Davison laughs.
"We got guns! What do you got?"
Desmond feels for his bow and arrows. Plus his knife.
"Hmm…let's see. Your guns against my bow and arrow. I say that's a good fight."
Now Davison and the guys laugh.
"I'll say that's a good fight." Davison explains
"You sure about that?"
"Yeah, why?"
Desmond sorta smiles and jumps down to ground level.
"How are you suppose to shoot me when you can't even see me?"
The guys stand up their guard. Desmond draws back an arrow and shoots the guy to the left of Davison in the shoulder.
"Ah!"
Davison and the soldier turn around. They see an arrow sticking out through his shoulder. Davison gets up and checks the area.
"Where'd you go? Where'd you go!" Soldier yells
Davison looks at the soldier.
"Relax. We can hunt this kid."
The soldier turns around.
"Were not hunting him, he's hunting us!"
"Shut up!"
But suddenly, Desmond shoots again and hits the other shoulder through the arm.
"AH!"
Davison looks down and sees he's the last man standing. He looks around very carefully. He gulps and begins to feel afraid.
"Where are you…WHERE ARE YOU?"
Desmond drops down right behind Davison without a single noise.
"Right here." Desmond whispers
Davison gasps and Desmond pushes Davison into a tree. He trips him and throws him back. He lands on his back and Desmond puts a knife against his throat. Davison stops moving. Desmond gulps and takes off the blind fold. He sees clearly now.
"You're the one who almost killed Sarah."
He looks at me in a confused way.
"The Na'vi girl you shot who pushed me out of the way. Your very lucky that she isn't exactly dead. That day I wanted to hunt you down and kill you."
Davison feels the knife harder against his throat. But Desmond takes it back.
"But I'm not like you guys."
Desmond puts the knife away.
"But instead…"
Desmond head butts Davison. Desmond reaches inside his coat and pulls out his sunglasses and necklace. He grabs Davison's collar and pulls him up.
"You want to know what it's like to be an Avatar? Do you want to? Well, I show you then myself!"
Desmond quickly puts the necklace around Davison's neck and backs up. He puts the sunglasses on and slams the watch in. Desmond clearly sees himself through the eyes of Davison. Desmond reaches down and grabs the gun near Davison.
"Now…this will be fun."
Desmond begins to run ahead and Davison leads. In a small open field, some soldiers gathered some Na'vi and put them into a steel cage. Desmond looks around from the corner of a tree and sees several Soldiers guarding the cage. Desmond gulps and runs towards them. He shoots down one soldier and the other see. Desmond shoots another two men and one soldier manages to hit his Avatar. And for a second, Desmond actually felt the pain for a second in his stomach. But Desmond ignores it and shoots down the soldier. Desmond rubs his stomach and looks at it.
"That felt real for a second."
Desmond looks at the cage full of the Na'vi. He turns off his Avatar for a second and grabs his rifle. Davison begins to wake up for a second and Desmond knocks him out again.
"Don't go anywhere."
Desmond rushes over to the cage and see its locked.
"Okay…uhh…stand back. I'm gonna open it!"
Some of the Na'vi stand back and Desmond aims at the lock. He shoots it and hears a click. Desmond drops the gun and opens the cage.
"Come on! It's open!"
The Na'vi rush out, women, some children and Warriors. Desmond notices Beyda'amo.
"Beyda'amo!"
He turns around.
"Where's Tali? Tan Jala? Marali?"
"Someone giant man took them over there." Beyda'amo explains pointing
Desmond sees.
"Giant man? You mean he took all three?"
"Yes."
Desmond sighs.
"Alright. Stay with your people. I'll go get them."
Beyda'amo nods and Desmond grabs the rifle. He puts it in the hands of Davison and re-activates the Avatar. He runs off and towards where the 'giant man' took Tali, Tan Jala and Marali. Where the giant man is at, it's Gates in the A.M.P. Suit. He looks down at the tied of Tali, Tan Jala and Marali. Gates smiles and sorta laughs.
"Not only did I get three of you freaks, I got the leader, wife and daughter. This night it turning out to be better then I thought."
Tali looks up.
"Why do you want to get rid of us so badly?"
Gates looks at Tali funny.
"This is my island sweetheart. I'm not going to let you come here and make yourselves at home!"
"You have no heart in you at all." Marali explains
Gates looks at Marali.
"What was that?"
"What kinda person can do such a thing to us when you know nothing at all?"
"Oh I know your kind honey? You showed it to me the night you killed my soldiers."
"They were trying to kill us." Tan Jala explains
Gates looks at Tan Jala.
"If your men weren't shooting at us we wouldn't have fought back. We protected ourselves."
"You didn't protect nothing!" Gates yells pointing his giant hand at Tan Jala
Tan Jala stays quiet.
"You…monsters have done nothing except be a hassle for me."
Gates reaches in his pocket and grabs the detonator to the bombs.
"And by the end of the night. You'll all be gone!"
"I'm not going to let that happen Gates!" Desmond yells
Everyone turns their heads and see Desmond but a soldier in front of him. Gates looks closer and realizes what Desmond is doing. Desmond makes the soldier point at Gates.
"Let them go Gates!"
"Huh…"
Gates lifts up the glass and sees Desmond even clearer now.
"Oh I see. Your using my soldier as your little Avatar, huh?"
"That's right."
Gates begins to laugh then. Desmond narrows his eyes and Gates reaches for his pistol.
"Let me ask you something Desmond. What makes you think I won't shoot him to get to you?"
Desmond blinks for a second and shrugs.
"I didn't."
"Thought so."
Gates points the gun at Davison and shoots him. He falls down and behind a tree. Desmond looks at Gates and puts his hands up.
"Oh shit."
Gates sees Desmond with his hands up. Gates sighs and looks back at Desmond.
"Take off your glasses Desmond."
Desmond gulps and takes them off. He puts them back in his jacket and puts his hands back up.
"Now put down your hands."
Desmond looks at both of them and lowers them. Gates smiles.
"Thanks."
Gates points and shoots Desmond in the left shoulder. Tali freaks.
"Desmond!"
"Ah!"
Desmond falls back and lands on the ground hard.
"Ah, ah!"
Gates keeps his gun pointed at Desmond.
"I told you I would kill you if you were going to be out here. Didn't I? Huh?"
Desmond gulps really hard. He sighs hard and slowly pushes himself up. Gates flinches to see Desmond getting up, and so is Tali. Desmond turns around and Gates sees the war paint on his face. He nods.
"Well, well Desmond. Look at you. If I had known better, if you were seven feet tall and blue, I would call you one of these freaks."
Desmond sorta smiles and puts his other hand over his shoulder.
"I'll take that as a complement."
"Thought you would. Move." Gates orders waving the gun in a direction
Desmond slowly moves where Gates wants him. Desmond comes to an edge of huge cliff. Desmond looks down and back at Gates.
"So, what? What do you want me to do now?"
"Jump Desmond. Just jump. The suicide look will look nice and easy."
Desmond gulps.
"And if I don't?"
Gates points the gun at Desmond.
"A bullet through the head this time."
Desmond points.
"What about that gun Gates? My dad's going to figure out you shot me with it!"
"Desmond! I OWN your father!' Gates begins to smile, 'Besides. Your father couldn't figure out who really killed your mom that night."
Tali looks up and at Desmond. Desmond narrows his eyes and gulps.
"What?" Desmond whispers
"I was in that car Desmond. I was the one who drove right into her."
Desmond's hand begins to shake. Desmond looks really pissed.
"You son of a…YOU SON OF A!"
Gates shoots but at the ground.
"Thanks to you Desmond. ALL the blame was taken away from me. But I never would have guessed your dad blaming you for it so badly."
Desmond gulps.
"Why? Why did you kill her!"
"I didn't! It was you! You were in the middle of the street! If she hadn't pushed you, I would have hit you instead! So tell me why do I have to stop for you?"
Desmond begins to lower his hand and over his watch. He pushes it in and a recording stars.
"Say that…again…"
Gates sighs.
"Fine Desmond. Fine. I'll tell you. Even though you are going to die. I'll say it again."
Desmond sorta smiles.
"I killed your Mom Desmond. Ran right into with my car. Would have hit you but instead I hit her,' Gates laughs, 'And to think, your father was standing and taking orders from the guy who killed his wife. But thanks to you, you took all the blame for me."
Desmond hits the watch again.
"Thanks."
"Your welcome Desmond. Now, you have two choice. One, I shoot your again, or two, you jump. Make up your mind fast because I'm itching to shoot you again right now."
Desmond looks back and down. But looks back at Gates. Desmond sorta turns his head and sorta smiles. Desmond whistles.
"Got to tell you Gates. Your not just an insane Colonel. You're an insane murdering Colonel. And that's all you'll ever be."
Gates bites his lips and points the gun at Desmond hard. Desmond backs up and looks down. He looks at Tali and winks. Desmond jumps down. Tali leans forward.
"Desmond!"
Gates raises the gun and grows a shocked look on his face.
"Seriously?" Gates asks
Tali lowers her head down. Gates smiles and walks over to the edge.
"Didn't know he had it in him."
As Gates gets closer and closer to the edge. The Leonopteryx comes into view and Gates sees Desmond right on top of it.
"What in the hell?"
Desmond smiles ands whistles. The Leonopteryx roars and knocks Gates on his back of the A.M.P. Suit. Desmond quickly rushes over, jumping off the Leonopteryx's head and lands on the A.M.P. Suit. He pulls Gates out of the cock pit of the A.M.P. Suit and pushes Desmond away. Desmond quickly spins back around and jumps on his back.
"Ah! Ah!"
Gates reaches for his pistol and tries to shoot Desmond off his back. Desmond grabs hold of it and aims it up.
"Get off of me!"
Gates flips Desmond over his back and Desmond kicks Gates right in the head and he falls on his back. Desmond quickly spins around and sits on Gates. He punches Gates in the face twice but Gates catches Desmond's fist and punches him right off of him. Desmond quickly gets back up but Gates reaches for his pistol. Desmond runs towards where Davison's body is. Gates looks around and sees Desmond running away. He points his gun at him.
"Your dead you little son of a bitch!"
Desmond hops over the tree and Gates shoots. Desmond lands on his butt and sees Davison's body. Desmond looks over the tree and sees Gates running towards him. Desmond grabs the rifle off of Davison and shoots at Gates. Gates takes cover and Desmond hides back down. Gates reloads and grabs the detonator.
"Your dead Desmond! You hear me? Your all dead!"
Desmond narrows his eyes and looks over the tree. He sees Gates holding a remote of some kind and holds it up.
"I pushed it Desmond! You hear that! You got ten minutes!"
Desmond sighs and starts up his watch. He starts it from ten and watches it count backwards. Gates realizes and runs off.
"I got to get out of here!"
Gates runs off and Desmond sees. Desmond hops over the tree and after Gates. Gates sees some of his men nearby and orders them to shoot the people around the corner.
"There over there, kill them all!"
Three guys rush over to where Desmond and the three Na'vi are. Desmond shakes his head and feels his arm.
"Ah.."
Marali looks and sees Soldiers running towards them.
"Desmond! More are coming! Come quick!"
Desmond gets back on his feet and runs in front of the A.M.P. Suit but trips. He drops the gun and looks up ahead.
"Oh boy."
He turns his head and sees the Soldiers. Desmond turns around and sees the A.M.P. Suit. He reaches in and puts his hand through the gun controller. Desmond lifts up his hand and shoots down the soldiers. Desmond breathes slowly and takes his hand out of it. Desmond shakes his head and walks behind the A.M.P. Suit and stares down at the three.
"You glad that I'm on you side?" Desmond asks with a small smile
The three wait for Desmond to cut the ropes. Desmond does and the three get up.
"Are you ok Desmond?" Tali asks
Desmond feels his shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm fine. But I have to go after Gates."
Desmond spins around but his arm hits him really hard.
"Ah!"
Desmond falls to the ground and Tali rushes over to him.
"Your in no condition to go on."
"I'm fine, I'm fine!"
Desmond falls forward.
"Desmond, I can take care of the rest." Tali explains
Desmond lifts up his head.
"I'm not going to let Gates get away. I'm fine."
Tali looks hard at me.
"Desmond. You can't go on."
Desmond looks up and down.
"Then…rub the herb thing on me like you did before."
Tali blinks and looks at her mother.
"Desmond, I can't."
"Tali. I'm not going to stop until Gates is done for."
Tali sees how serious Desmond is. She looks up at her mother.
"Mother?"
Marali walks in front of Desmond.
"You want the herb?"
Desmond looks up and nods.
"Yes. Please."
Marali looks at her daughter.
"Fine. Hold him then Tali." Marali explains sitting down
Desmond gulps and narrows his eyes.
"Hold him?"
Tali grabs hold of Desmond. He looks back and fourth.
"Hey, hey! What's going on?"
"Shh." Marali says
Desmond looks at Marali and sees her hand covered in that herb stuff. Marali lifts up Desmond's shirt and moves to his left shoulder.
"This will burn." Marali explains
Desmond tilts his head.
"Burn?"
Marali places her hand over Desmond's wound and Desmond jumps.
"Oh, ah! Oh my God!"
Marali pushes hard against his wound. Desmond waves his hands around and Tali grabs hold of them. Desmond gulps really hard.
"My arm is on fire, MY ARM IS ON FIRE!"
"Shh!" Marali says
Desmond shakes horribly as he feels the wound burning up like crazy. Desmond holds in his yelling. His eyes almost pop out of his head. Desmond looks at his shoulder and sees smoke coming out. Desmond shuts his eyes really hard and suddenly it ends. Marali takes her hand back and Tali releases Desmond. Desmond falls and pushes himself back up. He looks up at Marali.
"What the hell was that?"
"You asked for the herb."
"I know that but why did it burn the hell out of my arm?"
Marali looks up.
"Placed on our skins it merely wipes away the wound." Marali explains
Desmond shakes his head and stands up.
"But placed on the skin of others', Marali looks down and Desmond looks, 'It will burn."
Desmond shakes his head and picks up a soldier's rifle.
"Well, now that's over with. I got to chase down Gates."
"Why?" Tali asks watching Desmond walking away
Desmond turns around and puts the rifle over his shoulders.
"Gates activated hundreds of bombs that are wired to blow on this side of the island."
They all look around.
"We got', Desmond looks at his watch, 'Oh shit! Eight minutes. I got to go after him."
Tali grabs her bow and arrows on the ground and catches up to Desmond.
"I'm coming with you."
Desmond turns around.
"Wha? No you are not Tali."
Tali looks down at Desmond.
"What?" Tali asks
"Look Tali. This is personnel. This has nothing to do with you."
Tali blinks back.
"Nothing to do with me?"
Desmond nods.
"Let me tell you something Desmond', Tali explains kneeling down, 'This has a lot to do with me and my people. Don't forget that now."
Desmond gulps.
"I was the one who trained you. I didn't want to but I still did because I knew you had it in you."
Desmond nods.
"And to your mind, I know how to track someone. Can you?"
Desmond shakes his head.
"No."
"Then I'm coming with you." Tali explains getting up
Desmond sighs.
"Alright. Were wasting time. Come on!"
Tan Jala and Marali rush up by Desmond.
"What do you want us to do in the mean time Desmond?" Tan Jala asks
Desmond spins around.
"If I don't turn off that remote in time, you'll have the chance to get as many of your people away from this side of the island."
"And if I don't have that chance?" Tan Jala asks
"It's simple Tan Jala, you get the chance to save your people if I can't turn off that remote. And I do get the chance to turn off that remote, I saved everyone."
"And if we both don't get our chanced?"
Desmond turns back around.
"Then were both dead. Go on, go! Get to your people!"
Tan Jala and Marali run in one direction. Tali and Desmond in the other. Desmond looks at his watch and see it's less then seven minutes. Tali comes up to a cut in the forest and wonders where Gates could have gone. Desmond sees.
"Which way did he go Tali?"
Tali kneels down and examines the ground. Desmond looks at his watch and Tali points.
"He went this way. In a circle. We should…be able to cut him off through there."
Tali points in the direction where they'll be able to cut Gates off.
"Alright, a short cut! Let's go that way then!"
Tali nods and follows Desmond into the forest. Tali runs ahead of him and stops up ahead. Desmond stops.
"What?"
"Problem."
"What?"
Desmond looks and sees there's a huge gap behind them and the other side.
"Big problem."
Tali looks around.
"There must be another way."
As Desmond sees Tali looking for another way. Desmond backs up quietly. Tali sees a possible way to cross. Tali turns around.
"We can go up…Desmond?"
She turns around and sees Desmond running and jumping across the huge gap.
"Desmond!"
Desmond grabs hold of a branch and jumps down to the lower ledge. He spins around and waves his hands.
"Come on! It's a sinch! You can do it!"
Tali looks down and backs up. She catches her breath and runs it. She jumps and grabs hold of what Desmond grabbed on to and jumps down. Desmond smiles and moves up ahead.
"Alright."
Tali lands down but looses her footing.
"Desmond!"
Desmond spins around.
"Tali!"
Tali falls and Desmond dives toward the edge and grabs hold of Tali. Desmond holds onto Tali very tightly.
"Come on. I got ya."
Desmond pulls Tali up and she pushes herself up. Desmond manages to pull Tali up and breathes breathlessly.
"Now were even."
Tali looks at Desmond and Desmond looks back.
"Come on!"
Tali gets up and runs with Desmond to where Gates is. To where they think Gates is…The two hide behind two big trees. Tali holds her bow in her hand and Desmond holds the rifle in his hand. They both come out, weapons drawn and see no one in sight. Desmond looks and sees nothing so he looks up at Tali. She too looks down at Desmond and Desmond lowers his rifle.
"Where is he?"
Desmond walks out and sees no one. Tali does the same but she keeps her guard up.
"I thought he come through here. He had too!"
Desmond walks closer and closer to the edge of the cliff he's walking on. He kneels down and sees something moving down below. He looks closer and see it's Gates.
"He's right there. He's right here!"
Tali turns around and walks over towards Desmond. But back by the trees, a soldier looks through his scope and aims it at Desmond. Tali notices a red dot on the back of Desmond's back. She looks back and knocks Desmond out of the way.
"Look out!"
Desmond gets pushed on the ground and Tali gets hit in her arm. Desmond jumps up and sees Tali got shot. He looks back by the trees and shoots.
"HEY!"
He shoots rapidly at the guy who's hiding and gets him. He looks down and runs to Tali.
"Tali!"
He kneels down and sees she only got shot in the arm.
"Are you okay?"
She pushes herself up and leans against a stump.
"I'm fine Desmond. I'm fine."
Desmond looks back and back at Tali.
"Just wait, I can take Gates down here with this."
Desmond walks to the edge and looks through the scope. He aims it at Gates body and pulls the trigger. But nothing comes out.
"Huh?"
Desmond pulls the trigger again but realizes the gun is empty.
"No, no, no, no!"
Tali looks up.
"What's wrong?" Tali asks putting a bandage around her arm
"My guns empty. I got no guns. I got nothing! Were all dead!"
Tali looks down and at her bow. She looks up and calls Desmond.
"Desmond."
Desmond turns around and sees Tali is handing him her bow.
"Take it. Use it."
Desmond takes it and stares at the two pieces.
"Tali…I can't hit him with this."
"Yes you can."
"Tali…"
"Desmond!"
Desmond looks at Tali who's serious now.
"Yes you can. I believe in you."
Desmond realizes he's acting like a fool. He shakes his head and walks back to the edge.
"I can do it."
Tali nods. Desmond lifts up the bow an arrow but doesn't draw back the bow yet. He watches carefully as he moves up along where Gates is running. He's running to far, I won't be able to hit him. Desmond lowers the bow and yells.
"GATES~!"
Gates stops running and turns around slowly. He looks up the cliff and sees Desmond there pointing an arrow at him. He smiles and waves.
"You going to kill me with that thing Desmond!"
It echoes through my mind. Desmond shakes as he points it at Gates.
"Come on Desmond! Give it your best shot!"
Desmond gulps. Gates reaches in his pocket and pulls out the remote. He looks on the timer and sees it's less then thirty five seconds. He puts it up in the air.
"Come on! Try and hit this!"
Desmond sighs. He looks at his watch from an angle and sees it's less then thirty seconds. I got one arrow. I can either, hit the remote and destroy it. Save the Na'vi. Or kill Gates and finally get him out of the picture. Gates slowly lowers the remote in front of him. Gates sees the timing. Twenty seconds left. He puts it back in front of him and yells.
"Say, goodbye Desmond!"
Desmond draws back the bow.
"Goodbye."
Desmond releases the bow and it goes flying through the air and right at Gates. Gates narrows his eyes and the arrow, breaks right through the remote and right into Gate's left shoulder. He falls backwards and the remote breaks into piece. Desmond lowers the bow and sorta smiles.
"Killed two jackasses with one arrow. Hmm."
Desmond turns around and remembers Tali.
"Tali."
Desmond drops the bow and rushes to Tali's side. He kneels down and looks at her arm.
"How's your arm?"
Tali nods.
"It hurts, but I'll be fine."
"Good."
"Is it over?"
Desmond looks up and looks at his watch.
"Uhh, let's see…oh!"
"What?"
"Five seconds left."
Tali blinks.
"Three…two…one…"
The watch hits zero. Desmond gulps and Tali sees the look on Desmond's face. Desmond moves his eyes around and sees…nothing's happening. He lowers his arm and looks at Tali.
"We did it. We stopped it." Desmond says with a smile
Tali smiles too and points at Desmond.
"No. You did it Desmond. You saved all of us."
Desmond smiles even bigger and laughs. Tali smiles really happy too and suddenly Desmond wraps his arms around Tali and Tali raises her hands away from Desmond. Desmond just hugs Tali and she realizes what he just did. She sorta smiles and puts her arms around him.
"Thank you for the hug Desmond but next time, tell me before you do it?"
Desmond laughs and backs up. He wipes his face and nods.
"I can do that. I can do that Tali."
Desmond backs up and lends out his hand.
"Come on."
Tali grabs Desmond's hand and Desmond pulls her up. They both nod and walk to the edge. They see nothing and Tali looks up.
"It's over."
Desmond nods with a smile on his face. But notices something moving on each side of the tree line.
"Huh?"
Tali looks down and into the open grass land area down below. The two notice, on each side are the Military and the Na'vi walking towards each other. Desmond rubs his hair back and sighs hard.
"This just never ends."
Desmond looks down and sees there going to have to climb down.
"Come on. Let's get down Tali."
"Alright."
Tali and Desmond head to the ground below. The fight may be over with. But they think the beginning of the end is about to start.