Norm linked up on his avatar and immediately linked two shacks with link pods to Trudy and Tom's choppers.

"Norm you good?"

Jake's voice sounded against the radio and Norm made a motion to pull up "Bring it up!" Trudy immediately called back.

"Hold tight we're pulling in"

Norm held on as they started to float "Your clear!" Norm said as they safely flew away with the shacks in tow.

~oOo~

While Jake was busy ordering Tom and Trudy where to go, I took my time trying to lessen the pain and give Grace painkillers.

"Ouch..."

Grace spoke as I injected a few painkillers. Maker turned to look at her "You big baby..." I shook my head, those were Neytiri's words when she taught Jake.

"We're moving?.."

Grace asked and Jake nodded "Don't worry, I'll find some help" Grace gave us a pained smile "I'm a scientist, I don't believe in fairy tales" I shook my head "The people can help you Grace" Grace gave us a confused look.

"Why would they help us?..."

Jake and I looked at each other, not knowing how to answer that.

~oOo~

The people say, Eywa will provide. With no home, no hope. There was only one place they could go.

Trudy and Tom slowly descended to the thick branches and trees. Tom hopped out of the chopper to one of the shacks while Norm immediately unlinked his avatar for Jake to use.

"So what's the plan Jake?"

Norm asked but Jake shook his head "There's no plan" Norm gave him a stunned look "Tsu'tey's Olo'eytkan now. He's not going to let you near that place" I turned to him with my exo pack on to transfer to the other shack.

"He will, trust me"

~oOo~

Ni'nat had stayed behind while the others flee from the fall of Hometree, she could not bear to lose Tom.

Neytiri had told her to leave him but Ni'nat remained firm, saying if he was a betrayer, he wouldn't have warned them what would happen and they would all be killed.

Now, she lay with him against the roots of old Hometree and sighed "Ma Tom, please come back to me..." A lone tear trailed down from her face before someone wiped them away.

"No tears ma yawne"

Tom softly spoke and Ni'nat gasped and smiled with happiness, love and relief "I thought Eywa has taken you from me when you never wake and Emersyn warned me of you in trouble before she fell too"

Tom sighed before the leaves rustles and Ni'nat jumped when Tom reassured her "It's only Jake and Emersyn"

The two siblings emerged with pain and sorrow as they scanned of what was once left of Hometree.

~oOo~

I had woken up to find myself trapped within the branches of Hometree and cut myself away from them.

I spotted Jake overlooking at the destruction of Hometree. I walked up to him "We must find Ni'nat and Tom" Jake shook his head and pointed to two figures that lay in the roots of Hometree.

We slowly walked to them and Tom stood up with the help of Ni'nat "We must hurry, Sky people will be coming" I spoke and they nodded.

The four of us walked a little miles away before loud screeches came and our ikrans landed with a roar. Nice to know they're still loyal, if only I had a bigger ikran to show off with.

My mind froze for a moment and I looked at my ikran and the image of the mighty beast that attacked us a few weeks ago came.

A bigger ikran...Toruk..

Jake seemed to have thought so too because his eyes narrowed a bit before speaking "There's something I gotta do, and we're not gonna like it" Before Tom or Ni'nat could say a word, Jake hopped on his banshee and flew away.

I turned to them "Think you guys can walk to Sacred Tree?" Tom and Ni'nat nodded before I hopped on and flew away.

"Let's go! We must find the creature that brings fear to all Na'vi."

~oOo~

I flew across the Great Pandora Forest in search of the mighty toruk until I felt my ikran's nervousness followed by the sound of a roar.

I grinned and urged her to fly atop of the beast.

Where I had it figured, Toruk is the baddest cat in the sky, nothing attacks her. So why would she look up?

"Easy girl"

I soothed as my ikran's fear doubled and let out a nervous sound. I commanded her to dive down and straight while holding my tswin forward.

That was just a theory.

When I was just about three feet away from it, I disconnected my tswin let myself free fall before landing on toruk's back.

The creature let out a roar and tried to shove me off but I held on for fear if I relax or loosen my hold for a second, I'm as good as dead.

Using another tactic, the toruk slammed itself on a mountain cliff and I barely had time to move before I was crushed. I snarled as I tried to make tsaheylu with it but it just kept on thrashing around.

Images of Hometree and the people's cries filled my mind and I growled. Play time is over.

I wrapped my legs around the toruk's neck tight and took hold of it's tswin before I connected it to mine.

The toruk stopped struggling and flew in a straight pattern but now instead of having a battle physically, a mental battle waged as I tried to keep the toruk's primal instincts at bay.

I snarled and the toruk growled. A mutual understanding dawn between us two ad I slowly commanded the toruk to land. I breathed in deeply, I now realize why few Na'vi are able to bond with toruk.

With an ordinary ikran, mutual partnership is created but when bonding with toruk, you have to prove your worth in riding it.

"Kaltxì ma tsmuke..."

The toruk gave an affectionate growl before I turned serious "We must head to Tree of Souls, the people are waiting" The toruk growled before raising its head and roared that made nearby animals scatter by its sheer power.

I waited before an answering roar came did I grin and we headed off towards Sacred Tree with my ikran following behind.

~oOo~

Tom had gasped when he felt sheer and raw power burst from within him in both bonds of Jake and Emersyn. Ni'nat looked at him with worry.

"Is something wrong ma Tom?"

Tom blinked and spoke to her, his voice filled with awe.

"Something did happen Ni'nat, something big"

He didn't know why but he hastened his steps to the direction of the Tree of Souls.