It is nearly dawn. Two Na'vi warriors are pulling Ryan on a large blanket into the Omaticaya village. There were some Na'vi walking around in the empty paths. Most were asleep in their hamocks, others in their borrow homes. The ones that saw the warriors dragging Ryan had a look of suprise on their faces, stopping on the side of the path the warriors were walking on.
Soon word spread about the warrior's finding, and soon other Na'vis were woken up and started to form a crowd. Then the Na'vis started talking among themselves in a low voice. One of the Na'vi within the crowd saw Ryan and quickly made way to a large tent like home made from large leafs and stones. The two guards allowed him to enter the tent.
"You must come quick, wake up. Please, you must come."
"What is it Mor'eku?"
"A newly found dreamwalker has been captured."
The warriors were soon near their destination on a flat stone surface, not far from the large tent. The crowd made the path more obvious of where they were going. Ryan started to wake up, moving his head looking left and right regaining his eye sight, seeing all the Na'vi that were looking at him as well. By the time Ryan recovered, one of the warriors dragging Ryan rolled him of the blanket quickly surrounding him. Ryan slowly gets up looking around him to see the Na'vi. Jake, with Neytiri close behind him, are at the scene where Ryan is being held.
"Cheif, as you see here in front of you and our people, a dreamwalker the kind that you defeated and banished from our home, are back." Nokey speaking in Na'vi.
Jake looks at Ryan, "Who are you and why are you here?"
Ryan looks at Jake and slowly walks towards him even though a bit far.
"I'm Ryan, I am..."
Quickly the five warriors point their spears at him.
"Stay where you are Ryan, speak from where you stand."
"I am a spy for the U.S. Government, sent here to spy on a Russian group making a base here."
"A spy huh? And so there's more of you, but this time a different enemy. What do they want?"
"Before I go any further, how is it you can speak english? I heard of your kind on earth , but never did I think some one was able to teach you english."
"The Americans, which use to be here, taught it to the Na'vi so they would work on a deal so you all could get some 'precious' element, I was one of the Americans 'til I found out why they were using me. I knew there was no point in reasoning with humans."
Ryan was confused at what Jake had just said, "I don't understand, you talk as though you were once human."
Jake walks down towards the warriors, then faces Ryan, "I'm thinking by now you know about the Avatar program. The Americans that worked for a corperation were once here, they used it to help the army complete it's mission to get the Na'vi to move from what use to be there home. I was unfortunitly the one who helped get all the information they needed to destroy their home and forced them to move. But thanks to the Na'vi, I knew I couldn't let them destroy our home, my home, so we all fought to preserve it. With many brave and noble sacrifices, with the help of Eywa, we won. I banished the humans from here. I also was able to make my avatar body into my perminant body, thanks to my people and Eywa."
"So I guess, this explains why there was no one in the base. Looks like I am too late to give the Colonel the messege."
Jake starts talking in an angry voice, "What? Are you saying there are more people in the American base now?"
"Yes, though they don't know what is going on and especially what has happened, and why they're there."
"What is the messege you were suppose to give to the Colonel?"
"Well the Secretary of Defence told me to tell the Colonel not to attack. Looks like I arrived too late. A nine months at least to be exact."
"But you haven't answered my question, why are you all back?"
"I'm not sure if I could answer that. I came with the Russians to see what they are up too, which is to find an area rich with Unobtonium."
Jake got more angry to hear what Ryan had said, "So they here to finish what the others started."
"The new arrivals in the American base are mainly there to help in the avatar program and some soldiers for the army there, course they are the only ones now."
"So they are back to continue your search for Unobtonium huh? Give it up, we will not allow you to destroy our home again!"
Little by little light started to shine.
"So this is why the Americans and Russians are here for the same reason. We will not let them resume their mission again, we will stop them while we have the chance!"
"No, no, I can convince the Amercicans that they must not resume the whole Unobtonium mission. Now about the Russians, I don't know how, they must be stopped as soon as possible. They're already on the move."
"So instead of one threat, there are now two."
Jake starts pacing back and forth.
Ryan looks down away and back to Jake,"Look, I doubt the Americans will attack now."
Jake turns to look at Ryan quickly, "What makes you so sure?"
"Not long ago I went inside the American base and told the Captain the messege which was suppose to be for the Colonel to hear. So, if the Russians try to do any thing funny, the Americans will help."
Jake looks at the Na'vi people around them.
"I just need to head back to the base to tell them about our situation."
Neytiri walks up to Jake, "Jake, we must think of our people. It may not have been long since the great war, and I feel we must do what is needed to do to make sure the war does not arise again. We have to ask our people what do they want."
She places her hand on Jakes right cheeck.
Jake looks at Neytiri and gives a warm smile, then looks at the crowd, "My brothers and sisters, it seems what could be another sign from Eywa has come to us. This dreamwalker has come to us not as our enemy, but as a messenger of the newly arrived skypoeple, but as also as a need for protection against a new enemy who is also there's."
The Omaticaya started to argue and talk loudly among themselves.
"It is your choice whether we can trust this dreamwalker and his new friends or ignore his promise and be the first to attack while we have the chance to make sure they do not harm our world again."
Then the crowd started to yell, saying they don't want the sky people any where near their homes and lands.
Jake turns to Neytiri, "What should we do Neytiri?"
"I don't know Jake. We all have to decide whether we can trust in him and give him a chance to show he is not our enemy."
Soon, the crowd starts to throw small stones at Ryan. It's then, some one looks up high, haulting their hand from throwing another stone dropping it. Soon others start to look up and do the same. A seed from the sacred tree slowly comes down heading towards Ryan. Ryan at first was confused of what now was happening until he looked up too. The seed slowly comes down to Ryan. Ryan was going to back away, but when the seed was right in front of his chest, he heald out his hand.
Jake and Neytiri saw as the seed stayed on Ryan's palm.
"What is this thing?"
Neytiri walks up to Jake's side, "It's a sign Jake, from Eywa. We should spare him and see if we all can trust in him now."
"Yes, I guess we do have to trust in him."
The seed then starts to fly away while every one watches it leave.
Jake turns back to Ryan, "Alright. We are going to give you a chance to show us you and your friends arenot here for Unobtonium and a threat to us all. You will be judged upon your character and you will have to prove to us you are not here to warn the others about our location. But we still need to get the approval of the people."
The warriors around him lowered their spears.
"But while every one has gotten ready for your trial, you will remain here with us. If you're going to be with us you will be supervised by one of our warriors here."
Jake begins to speak in the Na'vi language to one of the warriors to look after Ryan for the remaining time. The warrior complained with Jake saying she didn't want to be given the task, but Jake still told her she had too.
The warrior and Ryan were walking in some plaza like center. As Ryanwas walking to enter into some kind of market, the warrior would deny him entry along with any other Na'vi's running the place. Ryan then went and sat on a small boulder near the side of the path he was walking on. As Ryan rested, the warrior stood near Ryan leaning on her spear.
Ryan looks at the warrior, "So umm, do you speak english?"
The warrior looks at Ryan and ingores him turning away.
"So I'm guessing that's a yes?"
The warrior continued to ignore Ryan looking at the other Na'vi walking around. A group of small Na'vi children come to see Ryan talking in a low voice and giggling among themselves as they get closer. Then a small boy walks up slowly to Ryan in a supsicious way.
"Umm, hello little guy, what are you doing?"
Then the little boy quickly punches Ryan in the face.
Ryan quickly turns to the boy, "Why you little...!"
Right when Ryan was going to pounce on the kid, the warrior puts her spear on Ryans neck impeding him. The warrior then tells the children to run off and they do, then removes the spear from Ryan's neck.
Ryan looks at the warrior again, "It's a nice outfit you're wearing, do all female hunters or guards wear it?"
Norm comes jogging towards Ryan and the warrior, "Hey!"
Ryan quickly gets up and turns around to see him come towards him.
Norm starts speaking in the Na'vi language to the warrior, "Thank you Soleuri, I'll take care of our guest from here."
Soleuri starts speaking in Na'vi as well, "Finally one of ou come for him, been much of a handful."
Norm laughs, "Well you can go now. I'll keep watch over him."
As Soleuri was going to walk away Ryan turns to her.
"Well I'll see you around then."
Soleuri ingores him and starts walking away.
"So you're the one I was informed about."
"Are you the only here, where is every one?"
"No, there are more up that hill. We chose to stay here with the Na'vi."
"What do you mean? What happened before I arrive here?"
Norm and Ryan start to walk, "Well I'm not sure I can fill you in with all the information you want to hear right now. Come lets go with the others now. By the way, I'm Norm, you must be Ryan, Jake told me about you."
"Man it's great to see a human face, thought I was done for here. So what's going on now? Why can't I just get back to the base so I can inform the Captain of what has happened?"
"This is a matter for the whole tribe to decide. Besides we can't go trusting on some one we just found. Especially since being a human, and after what had happened here five months ago. It was Tragic, but now the Na'vi have been healing from the war."
"Wow, sounds like I missed a lot."
Norm leads Ryan up a path slighty rising, where two shacks that both contain eight avatar links inside, with a camp site outside. There were a few people, some in their avatars others as themselves, talking to each other and playing some card game.
Max runs up to Norm and Ryan, "Hello, who's this? I never saw him here."
"Oh, he is Ryan, the man our friends found yesterday in the forest."
Max looks at Ryan, "How is it you were able to survive this whole time? Didn't every one leave in the shuttle?"
Ryan was confused at what Max said, "What is he talking about?"
"No Max, see he came with a group of Russians 'cause he was suppose to spy on them. A couple of Americans are at the base, Otseku told me when he went to see if the rumors were true."
"So now the Russians have a place on here too..."
"The Americans that came to the base, were mostly scientist, with a couple of soldiers. They're there for that avatar program."
Max then looks worried, "This isn't good, with more humans still here, the Na'vi are definitly going to be angry about this and will want to get rid of every one while they can. And after all the Omaticaya have been through."
"No, I can help out, see I was also sent here to give the Colonel the messege not to start a war... course I know I'm too late. But I know I can stop a second war from starting. I know I can convince the Captain to protect every one here if the Russians are up to some thing. I just need to get to him quickly. I doubt even beside what has happen he'll want to attack since I was able to give him the messege."
"How can you be sure?"
"Well this is one of those things you have to give some one a chance to prove oneself, I am a man of my word. And since the messege is from the Secretary of Defence, I know he won't want to put is job on the line."
Max nods his head, "Fine, just hope the people will allow you to tell your Captain to protect these people if the Russians are here for the Unobtainium, which will obviously start some thing with the Na'vi again."
"Alright, I'll do any thing in my power until I insure every ones safety. I give my word."
Max stands next to Ryan and pats on his shoulder, "Cool, come join us on our game, while we all wait for your trial to see if we can trust you or not."
After some time playing the card game, Otseku is running up the path to get every one for the trial.
"Well those guys are in their avatars, I'm guessing you all have one of your own?" Ryan asks.
"Well not all of us, Norm does, but his is still recuperating after getting shot on the left arms and chest during the war." Max replies.
"Funny thing thing about it is once I returned to my body, I still felt the wounds, but luckily went away after a few minutes."
"I have my own avatar as well, back at the American base."
As every one talked Otseku showed up, "It is time for the judgement of the dreamwalker. Bring him"
Norm, Max, Otseku, and Ryan, being lead by two guards, enter a wide big tree that is six stories high. After passing the entrance, Ryan looked around and saw the Na'vi up on the long and big branches crouching or sitting lookingat him. Ryan was place in the center of the tree, where it was flat. Jake and Neytiri were upon a big stomp a bit higher than Ryan.
As Jake annoced Neytiri translated in Na'vi, "My people, as we all know now, the skypeople are back. Instead of one group there are two." .
Soon every one was talking among themselves.
"But, it seems one however does not know of the past events, and one of their kind said, they can become our ally against the other group, which is new to Pandora if they threaten our lives."
The Na'vi soon started to argue loudly making jesters with their hands.
Jake continued, "We bring forth, the dreamwalker who says he can get his group to protect us from their enemy."
Then the Na'vi start yelling, saying it s a trick, he is a fake.
Neytiri steps up, "Calm people. We must plan some thing to insure our future from ever being threaten again, we must listen to what this dreamwalker has to say. Only then will we know if we can trust in him and his friends or not."
Jake steps up to be beside Neytiri, "You must translate clearly what ever Ryan says."
Neytiri nods her head, "Ryan, I will be your translator. Now you will tell us why you are here and how can you help us."
Ryan clears his throat, "As I have found out what tragic events had taken place, I know it is going to be hard to trust in my kind again. But I have not come here as your enemy. I was suppose to be the one to make sure no one got hurt while the my kind dug for what they came for. But I unfortinutly got here to late. The damage has been done and can not be repaired. But we cannot blame the others, they too do not know of what has happened here. They are not commanded by the original ones you fought, they were also suppose to be the ones who help maintain the peace, they're not a threat."
The Na'vi started to talk among themselves again, some pointing at Ryan time to time.
"Now my people know nothing and so I was able to give them the messege, which they cannot disobey they're more scientist than there are soldiers, they shouldn't be much of a threat."
The Na'vi started to raise their voices, disagreeing.
"I can get the new ones to be on your side if their enemy were to threaten all our lives, my people will protect you all if they do some thing suspicious."
The Na'vi then came forth with an out burst, saying how Ryan will only tell them where they are, that he will get them all killed.
As Jake and Neytiri tried to calm them, Soleuri rises from her spot and yelled in english, "From who or what were you running from in the forest?"
Every one truns to her in silence.
Ryan laughs, "Haha I knew you could speak english."
Soleuri rolls her eyes, "Answer my question, who were you running from?"
As Ryan talked Soleuri translated this time, "I had recently been discovered by the Russians, my people's enemy. I was suppose to spy on them, but they found out, so I had to escape from their base. I know they're are here for what the other people you fought came for too."
Ryan squints to get a closer look at Soleuri while she finished translating, "Now that I truly see you now, we met in the forest, course with no friendly introductions."
"You just tell the story!"
Ryan then goes back to finish, "If they had captured me they would've killed me. My people are not going to be continuing there digging for the element any more. I know that once I tell them about the wrong that has been commited on Pandora, they will be on your side. We humans have had a history of taking forcefully and unfairly took the lives of those that stood in our way. But when we jumans, finally see in our past, the pain and destruction we brought to the people we hurt, we get a sense of what is right and what is wrong and set out to fix it any way we can. We say, not in a offensive way, but it's better late than never. We regret of what we've done and want to fix it any way we can to restore your lives and traditions in peace. I know after what you all have been through it will be hard to see and believe me, but this can be a chance to make it up and for forgiveness to start over peacefully."
The Omaticaya start to talk calmly for a bit, then they turn back to Ryan. One Na'vi from certain parts in the court yell what the group has decided some thing in the Na'vi language to Jake and the last Na'vi in the final group yelled out what they have decided.
Jake turns to Ryan, "The Omaticaya have made their decision."
There was a pause.
"Ryan, dreamwalker who promised to protect the Omaticaya from any future threat or danger. We all have decided, to give you the chance to do what is needed, so we won't have to worry of two threats. But will want you to remain here to insure you are going to be one of us."
After Jake was done with his speech, every one started to get up and leave the court. Ryan, being followed by Norm and Max, goes in the crowd trying to find Soleuri.
Ryan notices her walking with the crowd away from the court and makes way to her, "Why did you help me in the judging?"
Soleuri started to walk slowly, but doesn't answer Ryan.
"Look I know you understand what I'm asking. Why did you help me?"
Soleuri with her back still facing Ryan, stops walking.
"What was the thinking? I mean, I am going to do every thing I said I would do, I just don't understand why to do such a thing if..."
Soleuri turns quickly with an angry look, "I only did it because I don't want the Omaticaya to relive the nightmares and sorrow they been through because of your kind! I wouldn't want them to turn into cold svages like your kind had shown us all, to use killing as the final answer!"
Ryan backs away a bit from Soleuri, "Look I'm sorry if I offended you in any way, just that I never really had any one..."
Soleuri interrupts Ryan, "You just do what ever you need to do to make the sky people leave our lands for good and never return!"
With that, Soleuri leaves.
Max comes up, "Well, we should hurry and head back to the shacks and see what are we gonna do to get you to the base."
"He's right, don't worry about Soleuri Ryan, you just worry about how you're gonna get to the Captain and get him to do what you have promised to the Omaticaya."
Ryan watches Soleuri walk and disappear within the leaving crowd, "You're right. And I know of a faster way to get to him without leaving this place."
