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Chapter Thirty five: No one's execution

Rick was trying to see something in that forest, the rustling sound which made him this jumpy didn't repeat itself, Rick stood there in silence, low humming noise of his AMP's engine being the only sound which could be heard. He was about to let it go when he saw something up in the trees, but when he saw that, it was already too late. Whooshing sound ripped through the silence as well as it ripped through Rick's left shoulder. "Aargh!" Rick yelled at the sudden pain in his arm, when he looked at his shoulder, he watched in disbelief that there was a javelin sized arrow in it. He quickly turned the AMP hoping that back of it could hold against another attack, he tried to remove the arrow, but with no effect. He was getting weaker by the second, he knew that Na'vi arrows were usually poisoned with neurotoxin, but he also knew that they were using the neurotoxin only if they were fighting, if they were hunting they've used a mind numbing one to 'let their brothers die peacefully'. Tarya told him that, but he also knew from Norm that they've used that because it wouldn't stay in the animal's blood system for long, and the meat from it could be eaten after fifteen minutes from the last shot.

"Good to know that" he thought while trying to overcome the pain and the numbness, he couldn't move his left arm at all. Rick knew that he doesn't stand a chance against a na'vi warrior in this wreck, but now he was pinned in it. So his only option was to retreat.

So he started running away at the incredible speed of fifteen kilometers per hour, "Now that's some sweet running man" he thought sarcastically. But after the first two steps his vision started to blur, not to mention that AMP suspension was , let's say slightly defective, making him enjoy the pain in his shoulder more with every wobbly step it took. He 'ran' only for about a fifteen seconds before he started to feel really dizzy, he was forced to stop at that point because he wasn't able to navigate, and falling down to his death wasn't a good idea. He was starting to pass out when he saw a blue figure in front of his AMP, angry look on it's face as it slowly approached him. Rick wasn't feeling diplomatically this time, so he quickly drew his pistol and aimed at the Na'vi, who seemed slightly surprised, he wasn't expecting Rick to be able to stay conscious for this long. "No surrender" Rick said in English, or was it in na'vi ? he wasn't so sure, his mind was getting foggy. Rick squeezed the trigger on his weapon only to find out that he left the safety on. "Oh well" he said looking at the slowly weapon which slowly faded as he quickly passed out.

Meanwhile

Thanty and Tarya were having a discussion through tsahaylu, the discussion was about Rick and him not coming back yet, Tarya told Thanty about the strange appearance of Atokirina', and the message it left on the Rick's exopack, she even remembered every letter so she wrote it down in the sand on Avatar's playground. Thanty , who knew how to read thanks to Rick, decrypted the message and told Tarya that Rick have went to the Sacred tree. When he finished that translation Tarya was already preparing to leave for the Sacred Tree, "Wait, You'll go to Home-tree, see if he is there and if he isn't, tell it to Jake. They are close friends and if anyone except me knows where Rick is, it must be him" he told her and she nodded, it was a good plan. Tarya was a good hunter, but nobody is better tracker than thanator who is decided to help his friend. They've separated each others mind by disconnecting and then Tarya went for her bow which she left inside while Thanty went to the gate, there he encountered the first problem, closed gate. "Ok, let's get over it" he thought and tried to climb up and over it, it was a good plan but the practical use of this one was a little harder, but then as he got almost to the top he felt that he was descending. He looked down at the ground which slowly closed in "What's going on?" he thought, but then he noticed Max standing next to the control panel laughing at the sight of thanator clinging on the gate like a cat trying to turn the doorknob, only bigger. As the gate retracted into the ground Thanty stood right in front of it, he looked at Max saying "[I could've climb over it you know]" in a playful tone.

"I'm sure you can do it, but I've thought this would be better" Max said, making Thanty stare, he never knew that Max could understand him. "I've guessed what you've said, and by the look on your face I think I've guessed it right" Max said with a smile. "[Smart ass]" Thanty growled, "Yeah, I think it was a lucky shot too" Max replied. Thanty chuckled to that and departed, he ran straight toward the Sacred Tree.

Back to the Rick

Rick's mind was throbbing like it usually did after some heavy drinking. "Ugh, I should cut back on the rum, it isn't good for my head" was his first thought, he was in upright position and his shoulder hurt like hell. "Okay twenty bucks on me getting asleep in wrong position in my AMP" he betted in his mind and after that he dared to open his eyes, the sudden light blinded him, thus making his headache much worse. He heard somebody, it was a male voice, but none he knew. His eyes were adjusting slower than usually so he decided to shut them and listen instead. The voice was in middle of some kind of speech "… We thought wrong, They are still here among us!" the voice said. "Damn, did I felt asleep standing while watching some old Sci-fi movie?" he asked himself but then he opened his eyes again, this time he saw a lot of blue, maybe it was a sea, or at least a lake. "What the?" he thought trying to rub his eyes, but when he tried to move his left arm, it hurt like an open wound, and his right arm was handcuffed. "Ok, I think I've lost twenty bucks to myself, I'll pay up later" he thought looking at his right arm, noticing that he was restrained in "What the hell is this? Am I really strapped in some goal-like sacrificial altar made of bones? Cool, I've never been the goalkeeper" Rick thought and chuckled to that, as his eyes focused enough to see clearly, he found out that there was no lake, only half naked na'vi tribe, and that his left arm was covered in blood, his blood, he noticed that he had a hole in his shoulder, but that was filled with some green stuff. "So I guess they didn't want me to die because of a blood loss." He thought looking at the hostile faces which were in front of him, looking at him with a pure disgust in their faces, he also noticed that there was one of them holding a knife few inches from his throat. "Here is the proof that they are here" the voice said, Rick turned his head to see a dressed na'vi. "Anyone with more than a loincloth is either Tsahik, or a Olo'eyktan" he thought, he felt like he should listen to this, and complain about it later. "He has been found wandering near our settlement, he may be a scout of some army of theirs" he continued and Rick couldn't help but to smile at that, earning a frown from the guard who kept his eyes on him, as well as from some others who saw that smile. There was at least two hundred of the na'vi. "We've won the great battle, but it seems like there will be more battles with sky people" he continued.

"Oh he is such a funny guy, yes I have a great army up my ass" Rick thought and silently laughed, the guard was getting nervous, so he pressed the knife on his throat and said "You stop laughing soon" Rick turned his attention on him "Sorry, I'll stop laughing now and I'll try to take my execution seriously" Rick said while repressing the laughter, guard after that frowned even more and muttered "They truly are insane" Rick held his tongue, not wanting to reveal that he speak Na'vi fluently, maybe he'll gather more information this way

"But as JakeSully said, this is our land!" the olo'eyktan continued.

"So what's going on?" Rick asked the guard, who didn't seemed like the talkative guy "You gonna die, that's on" he said "Well, it can't be helped" Rick said, not taking this very seriously, Eywa told him that she wants to meet him again, so she wouldn't let her believers to kill him. "So, if I'm going to die, will you tell me at least where am I?" Rick asked, the annoyed guard while the Olo'eyktan kept talking. "You die here, at settlement of Bal'gi tribe." The guard told him. "Oh that's good" he said, "So, I'm going to be killed because I'm a human?" he asked with a smile forming on his lips once again. Guard only nodded, still holding the knife on his throat "wow, talk about racism" Rick said.

"But because we know mercy, we will let him speak for himself" The olo'eyktan said, he walked toward Rick and asked "Who are you and why are you here?" Olo'eyktan asked and the guard translated "Who you are, and why you…" but he was cut off by Rick "I'm No one, and I've got lost, got attacked by hammerhead, and then got shot and dragged here, here I've been strapped to this contraption while enjoying the pain in my shoulder. Nice to meet you too" Rick said, earning some hostile looks from all of them. His guard, who tried his best to speak in English, was the most irritated of them. He could speak to him in Na'vi the whole time, no need to try to make a sentence in English. "You refuse to give us your name? Very well" Olo'eyktan started, but as he stopped to take a breath and then to continue, Rick said "Nope, my name is No one, Rick No one." He explained, "RickNoone, where are the rest of the humans hiding?" the olo'eyktan asked. "You know where, at hell's gate." Rick said giving the olo'eyktan a quizzical look, but not for long because his left shoulder was coming to it's senses, the pain was increasing with every passing moment "Humans were exiled from our lands! Only NormSpellman and MaxPattel were allowed to stay" Olo'eyktan pointed out "Yep, that's right, NormSpellman is now a part of The People of Omaticaya, if my mind serves me right" Rick said looking at Olo'eyktan, which was now towering above him. "You are watching us and Omaticaya as well? What is the reason to do so?!" The Olo'eyktan demanded, his eyes flaming. "I'm not watching them …" he tried to tell him that he is living with them, most of the time, but Olo'eyktan cut him short with. "Enough, you are not welcomed here, Eywa even don't allow you to breath without your masks" he started and Rick remembered the night with the Eywa "If you tell them that you've drank with their deity, and that she kissed you and called you a cab, you'll get eviscerated by a toothpick!" he warned himself, he knew how those na'vi felt about Eywa. "You will die as the enemy of the people. you will die by breathing our air!" Olo'eyktan decided, Rick tried to protest, but he thought that it would be better to take a deep breath because the guard was reaching for his Exopack, he took the deepest breath he ever took, and that was quite a deep one. The exopack was removed from his face as he held his breath. "Enjoy your final moments" olo'eyktan said and the crowd cheered. "No surrender" Rick said, conserving his breath, he knew that there is no way that he could be saved, so he thought about everything good in his life. "The booze, the kiss of the goddess of life, Tarya, and Thanty, I've had a pretty strange life, but everything good must come to an end. He thought as his breath was shortening, Olo'eyktan lowered himself to Rick's level. "You cannot hold your breath forever" he said, watching Rick's red face. Rick had enough breath to say something and then last a few seconds, so he used that last breath of his and told olo'eyktan "If you meet Tarya someday, tell her about me" he said, and after that his lungs were empty, it will take a few more seconds. Olo'eyktan gave him a strange look, that name didn't sound like the human one but like a na'vi one, olo'eyktan thought about it but then he shrugged saying "If that's your last wish"
And then continued to watch Rick's final moments

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