Chapter 5 – First Contact
Desmond heads down to the Link Room where everybody's at. He walks out of the elevator and sees the gang. Everyone turns around and sees Desmond coming.
"Oh? So you've decided to join Desmond?" Helen asks
Desmond shrugs.
"Yeah, Quaritch…managed to convince me."
Jake blinks in a confused way. Helen nods and starts walking.
"Alright then. Follow me. Let me show you your new bodies' kids."
The kids blink in a confused way and follow Helen into the room where the Avatars are being held. The Avatars are dead asleep in the giant tanks. Desmond, Dennis and Sarah are shocked to see them at first.
"Whoa!" Dennis says
"Oh my God." Sarah says
"Damn…there huge." Desmond comments
Helen smiles.
"Yes they are. You have no idea."
The kids get closer to what they think is their Avatar. Dennis looks funny at his.
"These are… 'Children' aliens?" Dennis asks
"Well Dennis, in a way they are, but there a bit taller and more aged. There somewhat between a child and an adult."
"Oh…"
"And by the way, they don't call themselves 'aliens'. They refer to themselves as the Na'vi."
The kids turn their heads at Helen.
"Na'vi?" Desmond asks
"Yes. I didn't understand it at first but that's what they call themselves. In English, The People."
Desmond shakes his head and looks at what's going to be 'his' Avatar.
"So…you're going to be my Avatar, huh?"
Desmond just stares at the face for a moment and walks up to Helen.
In the Link Room…
Helen guides the kids to the link chairs that will set them off to their Avatars.
"Alright guys. Have a seat."
Sarah and Dennis sit down. Desmond stares at his and Helen walks up behind him.
"Take off your coat. Get comfortable now."
Desmond does and slowly sits down. Helen looks at the monitors and checks off everything.
"Okay Desmond. Lye back and I'm going to lower down the helmet."
Desmond looks up with his eyes and looks back down. Helen looks down.
"Ready?"
Desmond snaps his thumb and throws it up. Helen slowly lowers the helmet and Desmond sees two small screens inside. Helen walks over to Dennis and Sarah and lowers the helmets over their heads. Helen walks in front of the three.
"You'll start to feel sleepy in a few seconds. Just go with it and you'll wake up a few seconds."
Desmond looks around the helmet as best as he can. He looks back at the two screens and suddenly starts to fall asleep. His moves forward and Desmond passes out. But suddenly his head lifts back up but his eyelids slowly open making Desmond 'sleep wake' for example. Desmond watches through a tube of strange colors. In the room where the Avatars are still asleep on the beds. Doctors take a look at them and see the kids haven't awakened up in the Avatars yet. Helen takes a look over a Doctors shoulder and taps on him.
"I'm going in as well."
The Doctor nods. Desmond continues to fly through the tube of strange light and suddenly, starts to see into another room where two doctors are looking at him.
"Desmond? Desmond can you hear me?" Female Doctor asks
There voices are a little strange at first. Desmond slowly blinks. A Male Doctor takes a look closer.
"His eyes are opening."
"Desmond, blink if you can hear me."
Desmond slowly blinks.
"Response normal to waking up." Male Doctor says
Desmond gulps. He tries moving his lips and takes in a deep breath.
"Whoa…"
The Doctors look closer.
"Desmond, are you here now?" Female Doctor asks
"I…think so."
"Welcome to your new body Mr. Miles." Male Doctor says
Desmond lifts up his arms and sees that there…blue.
"Wow."
"Doctor…the other Avatars." Female Doctor says
The two walk over and check on Dennis and Sarah who are also waking up. Desmond pushes himself up and stares down at his blue feet. He moves his toes and laughs.
"Amazing."
Desmond shifts his body over and touches the floor with his feet.
"Oh! Cold."
Dennis slowly gets up and rubs his face.
"Man my head feels weird." Dennis says rubbing his face
Desmond looks up and sees Dennis getting up too.
"Look who decided to show up."
Dennis slowly turns and sees Desmond, at least he thinks its Desmond. Desmond waves.
"Desmond?"
Desmond nods.
"Well…Desmond…you look….different."
Desmond rolls his eyes.
"Take a good look in the mirror." Desmond says trying to stand up
Desmond first loses his balance and grabs the bed. The Doctors help Sarah up whose still having some problems. The Female Doctor sees Desmond trying to stand and rushes over to him.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa Desmond. Take it easy. Sit back down and get adjusted to your Avatar."
Desmond…looks down and sees he's like three feet taller than the Doctor.
"I'm taller then you."
The Female Doctor looks down and back up. Desmond smiles.
"I'm starting to like this even more."
Desmond stands up and the Female Doctor orders Desmond to sit back down.
"I got this. Shut up. Whoa…"
Desmond moves around and suddenly his tail whips everything behind him.
"Huh? What the?', Desmond grabs his tail, 'I…I got a tail!"
Dennis and Sarah sit up and see they got tails as well.
"Whoa!"
"Holy crap."
Desmond shakes his head. Desmond waves his hand at his friends.
"Come on guys, stand up. It's…it's an amazing."
The Doctors rush over and try to stop Dennis and Sarah from standing up. They know that there not ready to deal with the height of the Avatar. Desmond takes off all the plugs that are attached to him and the Male Doctor sees.
"Hey, hey. Stop that! Keep those on!"
Desmond pushes him out of the way and heads for the door.
"See ya!"
"God damn it! Stop him!" Male Doctor yells
Sarah and Dennis get up as well and follow Desmond out. Desmond kicks the door with his foot and bright light shines in his face.
"Ah!"
He covers his face and gets adjusted with the light. Dennis and Sarah run outside to and get adjusted to the light.
"Ah, man, the suns bright." Dennis says
Sarah looks at the back of Desmond's head.
"Desmond."
Desmond turns around.
"You look…different…"
Desmond looks down.
"Yeah your right. And look at you."
Desmond slightly nudges Sarah. Sarah almost looses balance and falls against Desmond.
"Got you."
"Thanks."
Desmond tilts Sarah back up. Desmond turns around and looks around and sees some Soldiers looking off their way. Desmond walks around in a circle and sees he's getting quite used to his new body.
"Maybe this wasn't such a bad idea."
Desmond kicks up and practices out his hits and kicks. Dennis and Sarah watch.
"Looks like someone is getting used to their new body." Dennis says
Desmond looks at Dennis and nods.
"That's right. How about you?"
Dennis narrows his eyes and suddenly Desmond snaps his fingers right in front of Dennis which causes him to flinch.
"Nice to see your reflexes are the same."
Dennis shakes it off and gets back up on his feet. Dennis waves out his hands to keep his balance. Then all of a sudden, Helen steps out in her Avatar and sees the children.
"See you three got adjusted to your bodies."
Everyone turns around and sees Helen, tall as hell. Desmond looks up.
"Whoa…Helen?" Desmond asks
She puts her hands to her sides.
"Who else would it be', Helen tosses three peaches to the kids and they all catch them, 'Seem like your motor controls are working out', the kids look at the peaches they all just catch and look at Helen, 'Go on. Eat them."
The kids slowly take bites out of the peaches and their ears fling up.
(Same time)
"Whoa!"
Helen smiles and realizes, that maybe, if she has children, the Na'vi will let them in.
Later that night…
Dennis and Sarah begin to get ready for bed. There still in their Avatars. Desmond sits on his bed staring at himself in a small mirror. He opens his mouth up and sees the fangs in his teeth.
"Well that's interesting."
He stares at his eyes.
"Big yellow eyes…"
Turns head and looks at ears.
"Pointy ears…wonderful."
Helen walks by. She grabs the mirror.
"Stop staring at yourself. There really different from us."
Desmond watches Helen walk away. Desmond just rolls his eyes.
"I can clearly see that."
Helen walks to the doors and locks them. She hits the light switches.
"Lights out kids. Get in your beds."
Desmond, Dennis and Sarah lay down on their beds. Helen walks past the three and hops in her own bed. Desmond slowly takes a deep breath and looks to the side. He sees Sarah and Dennis have 'fallen' asleep. Desmond throws his head down and closes his eyes. Soon after, Desmond slowly wakes up in the helmet and looks around. Desmond shakes his head and slowly the helmet lifts off his head. Desmond rubs his head and looks around the room. Helen looks down.
"You okay Desmond?"
Desmond nods.
"Never better."
Desmond gets up. Sarah and Dennis follow Desmond out.
Later that night…
Quaritch explains the details to the kids on what the plan is.
"Tomorrow morning you'll be taken out by Samson. Exactly forty miles outside the city where our first team was deployed."
The kids listen closely.
"After you're dropped off, you'll follow Dr. Augustine. She thinks if you walk long enough, you'll eventually find the Na'vi."
"Where just going to follow her?" Sarah asks
"That's what she wants. You follow her lead."
"And what are we suppose to do there when we arrive?" Dennis asks
Desmond crosses his arms. Quaritch leans back.
"Do what you have to do. Make them trust you long enough to get them out of here. That's all."
The kids look at each other.
"Now, you leave here at 0600 tomorrow. Dismissed."
The gang looks at each other and leaves.
That night…
Dennis and Sarah go home and explain the situation to their parents. Leaving out the whole…alien thing and the Avatar Program. But it turns out that Quaritch sent notices that their children will be gone for two months. The parents really can't do anything to stop it because it's a military order from the big man himself. So, they agree to do it. So, Sarah and Dennis start packing it up. As for Desmond…
Miles Residence…
Desmond slowly starts packing stuff he wants in bags. Grabs his hover board and makes sure it's set probably. Jake slowly opens the door to his room and sees that he's packing. He leans against the door and finally says something.
"Getting everything together?"
Desmond stops. Slowly turns and sees his dad.
"Yeah."
Desmond gets back to packing. Jake puts his hands in his pocket.
"Well…just be careful out there Desmond."
Desmond stops what he's doing and looks at his dad.
"Is it dangerous?"
Jake looks confused at his son.
"Dangerous?"
"Yeah, are these people, the…Na'vi or whatever dangerous?"
Jake thinks about it for a moment. Desmond waits.
"Well…coming from the video footage that we saw. These…people look very dangerous if you get them on their bad side."
Desmond slowly nods and goes back to packing.
"My kind of people."
Jake looks at his son after that comment. Desmond continues packing and Jake finally decides to leave.
The following morning…
Desmond, Dennis and Sarah arrive at the Military Base with their bags. They meet up with Helen in the Link Room.
"Okay. Dennis take chair number one. Sarah, go in two. Desmond. You're in three."
The kids go to their assigned chairs Helen instructed them to. Desmond sits down calmly and takes a deep breath. Helen walks by and checks the monitor. She leans in closer to Desmond.
"Try not to be over protected out there. These are dangerous people Desmond."
Desmond sighs and just looks forward. Helen shakes her head and slides down the helmet.
Inside the Avatar room…
The kids get ready putting on their clothes that fit their bodies. Dennis picks up his shoe and smiles.
"Size twelve's anyone?"
Sarah and Desmond look back and smile. Helen walks in and sees the kids almost ready.
"Everyone almost ready?"
The kids look back and nod. Helen nods and grabs her things. Then all of a sudden, Jake walks in and sees everyone.
"Whoa."
Everyone turns around and sees Jake. Desmond just looks down and ties his shoes. Helen looks down.
"What is it Jake?"
Jake looks up.
"After almost two months of this, seeing you there then here still creeps me out."
Helen puts her hands to her sides.
"What do you want Jake? Were about to head out."
Jake shakes his head.
"Right. I'm here to tell you I've given it some thought. I'm not letting you go out there with children unless one of you is going in armed."
Desmond lifts his head up. Helen narrows her eyes.
"Armed?"
Jake looks at Desmond.
"Uh, Desmond?"
Desmond waves.
"Right here dad."
Jake sees his son in the Avatar.
"Oh. There you are. I'm going to give you a pistol."
Helen steps back.
"No way Jake. I'm not letting this happen."
"It's only for a precaution. You know what dangers lie out there. I'm not letting you leave without a gun."
Helen sighs.
"Jake. All I need now is another trigger happy moron. No offense Desmond."
Desmond rolls his eyes.
"None taken."
Jake sighs.
"Helen. It's final. Besides, Desmond here knows how to handle a weapon out of the three of you. I trust no one else with it', Jake hands over the pistol and Desmond stares at it, 'Only use it when you need to."
Desmond gulps and slowly takes it from his dad.
"I will."
Jake also hands over an extra clip and the holster. Helen claps her hands together and walks to the door.
"Everybody out."
Helen and the kids head to a Samson taking off. Soon later, the Samson takes off and heads into the forest. Desmond looks to the side and sees a bunch of strange creatures running about on the ground below. He points.
"Hey, look!"
Dennis and Sarah look down.
"What the hell are those?" Dennis asks
"Sturmbeest', Helen answers, the kids look back at her as she explains, 'They move together like a herd. Strange really, they have the knowledge of the same animals like we know. Still a lot to learn about these creatures."
Desmond nods.
"A whole another world down there then, huh?"
Desmond turns his head at Helen and she does the same. Helen nods.
"Exactly Desmond."
"Everyone hang on, sharp wind coming up. Going down." Pilot says
The Samson takes a sharp turn to the right. Desmond almost falls out and hangs outside for a while. He starts yelling.
"Hell yeah! Come on! Let's see what this baby can do!"
Sarah and Dennis laugh.
"Landing at sight in fifteen seconds."
The Samson slowly lowers getting closer to the ground. Desmond hangs out and the Samson lands. Desmond jumps out pulling out his pistol. He scans the area carefully and sees nothing around. Sarah and Dennis walk out looking around. Helen walks up to the cockpit talking over her neck radio.
"This is the spot, head back before you attract attention."
"You got it Dr. Augustine. Base this is Samson 092, just dropped off the packages heading back now." Pilot says radioing over
"Copy that Samson 092, Base out."
Desmond slowly lowers his gun and looks around at the vast forest around. Helen notices Dennis missing his bag.
"Dennis. Your bag, remember?"
Dennis turns around and realizes.
"Oh, shit! My bag."
Dennis rushes back to the Samson and picks up his bag. Desmond looks back and turns back around. Desmond takes lead and guides the three. Helen sighs.
"I hope one mischief child with a gun doesn't cause a war." Helen comments
Desmond sort of smiles. Desmond jumps up a small hill the three follow. Helen stays right behind Desmond. Sarah stays behind Helen and Dennis stays behind Sarah. All three looking around. Desmond keeps close eye everywhere in front of him. Every noise, Desmond looks. Every crack, he's there pointing. Up in the trees, Prolemuris climb around the branches and pick berries for food. Desmond looks up and sees them and flinches back.
"Whoa! What the hell?"
Desmond points at them and they look down at Desmond. Helen rushes over and stops Desmond from shooting them.
"Whoa! Take it easy Desmond. There Prolemuris."
Desmond looks at Helen.
"English please."
Helen rolls her eyes.
"That means there not at aggressive."
Desmond makes a funny face.
"Oh. Right. Of course they aren't."
The Prolemuris climb off and disappear in the trees. Desmond sighs and Helen slowly lowers Desmond's gun hand.
"Take it easy Desmond. You're more dangerous than anything that's out here."
Helen takes lead. Sarah and Dennis stay in the middle. Desmond stays behind. Dennis looks up and around.
"So…tell me Augustine. Will these…people. The…Na'vi know we're here?"
Helen looks up and around.
"They'll know where here Dennis. There probably watching us right now." Helen says with a smile
The kids look up and around. Sarah looks forward.
"Where are we going?"
"Oh were first going to pick up a few supplies from the school. Then will head out."
Sarah looks back.
"School?" Sarah whispers
Desmond looks up and sees it.
Inside the school…
Helen, Sarah and Dennis look around and salvage what they can and carry. Desmond looks around at the old looking place literally falling apart. Dried up leaves are on the ground, holes are in the ceiling. And all the school's supplies are dirty covered in dirt. Helen sighs.
"This was the school the Na'vi were taught in. Now…it's just an empty shell filled with the past." Helen explains
Desmond waves his gun around kicking off leaves off of children's books. Desmond sighs as he recognizes the books from his own childhood. Sarah picks up a coloring book.
"What were the children like?"
Helen smiles.
"The children…were really bright. Even at such a young age. In human years, there about…six or seven. And already there were smart."
"Never liked kindergarten. Always hated it." Dennis says
Desmond stops for a moment and looks at Dennis across the room. Desmond shakes his head and continues on.
"They were so eager to learn the next best thing." Helen explains
"They learn faster than a human can?" Sarah asks
Helen picks up an English book.
"Let's just say they learned it faster than I could even teach it."
Helen picks up a box and opens it up.
"Let's take a few of these rations with us. They cover up to two weeks for our food supply."
Desmond walks to the front entrance of the school and looks around. He turns around and notices something strange about the wall in front of him. He walks closer and stares at the holes in it. Dennis looks down and sees a child's book, 'Green Eggs and Ham'.
"Helen." Dennis says handing over the book
Helen takes it and smiles.
"Ha…the children loved this one. They couldn't get it out of their minds about green eggs and ham. They loved the rhymes that came out of these books', Helen looks up and sees the Stingbats, 'but those damn Stingbats always knock them down for some reason."
Desmond walks up a scale model of the solar system. Desmond grabs the crank and starts spinning the universe around him. Desmond turns around and spots a Stingbat in the ceiling. He skips back and cocks the hammer back on the pistol and aims it back up at the Stingbat. Desmond turns around and notices those holes again in the hall. Helen chuckles.
"I keep thinking in the back of my mind that someday the parents of the children will let them come back to learn."
Dennis crosses his arms.
"Well, why don't they? This place seems safe."
Helen gulps.
"Well you see guys…the Na'vi learned as much about human beings as they could. They learned all that they needed to never think twice about them…or us." Helen explains sighing at the end
Desmond looks at both sides of the holes in the wall and realizes what they truly are.
"These are bullet holes…"
Everyone turns around and looks at Desmond. Desmond looks at the trio.
"What exactly happened here Helen?"
Helen bites her lip and looks firm at Desmond.
"Stop standing around and star gazing Desmond. Help us with this stuff; we got a long hike to travel."
Desmond just blinks and looks back at the bullet holes.
Out in the forest…
The four continue to travel into the forest. Desmond stays behind Sarah and in front of Dennis. He looks back and sees Dennis a little far back.
"Keep up Dennis."
Dennis nods.
"On it."
Helen looks back.
"Keep up kids."
About a quarter mile later…
Everyone's a little tired out. Helen looks back and stops.
"Okay, five minute break."
Sarah sighs and sits down. Dennis throws his hands against a tree and catches his breath. Desmond yawns and holsters his gun. Dennis grabs a water bottle and chugs it. Desmond looks back and waves his hand.
"Dennis, water."
Dennis nods and throws it. Desmond checks and drinks some. Sarah sees and asks for it.
"Water."
"Here." Desmond says handing it to Sarah
Sarah grabs some with her hand and rubs it over her face. Desmond sighs and walks away from the three. And Helen notices.
"Hey, hey! Desmond, where do you think you're going?"
Desmond turns around.
"Bathroom Helen. Do you mind?"
Helen rolls her eyes.
"Don't go too far, okay."
Desmond waves it off. Helen looks around. Desmond walks behind some trees and looks back. Desmond shakes his head.
"Pee out here? Yeah right…"
Desmond wanders around looking around. Desmond walks around past some trees and spots some strange plant around him. A Binary Sunshine. The wind blows against them all swaying from the wind. Desmond pulls out his gun from the holster and touches the gun against them. They just move against the wind. There so fragile Desmond starts blowing air all around him. They move so hard and start falling to the ground. Desmond smiles and blows even harder, but as the Binary Sunshine disappear. In the distance, a Hammerhead Titanothere roars in the distance. Desmond flinches to see the beast. Desmond cocks the gun and aims hard at it.
"Holy shit!"
Helen, Sarah and Dennis come running out behind the trees.
"Desmond! Don't shoot! For Christ Sake don't shoot!"
Desmond holds the gun steady in his hands.
"If you shoot, you'll get it upset."
The Hammerhead Titanothere slams his big head into the trees. Desmond rolls his eyes.
"Well apparently it's getting a little more upset Helen."
Helen sees Desmond with the gun still pointing at it.
"Desmond, your gun won't hurt it at all. Its body is way too thick. Lower it', Desmond doesn't, 'Lower it! Now."
Desmond sighs and lowers the pistol. The Hammerhead Titanothere continues to slam his head into the trees and stomps his feet.
"It feels threaten when charged. So just stay where you are." Helen explains
Desmond sighs.
"You have got to be kidding me. You just want me to stand here and do nothing? While that thing slams its head around? This is insane!"
Sarah and Dennis see the Hammerhead Titanothere too.
"Whoa!" Dennis yells
"Oh my God!" Sarah shouts
Helen looks back.
"Stay here, it doesn't see us."
Sarah and Dennis look at Helen and back at the beast. The Hammerhead Titanothere stomps his feet one last time and charges at Desmond. Desmond sees and screams. He points the gun up in the air and fires a shot. The Hammerhead Titanothere stomps his feet into the ground and stops. Desmond sees the beast stopping in his tracks and laughs.
"Ha, ha! I can't believe it."
Helen shakes her head to believe what she's seeing.
"I don't believe it."
Desmond laughs.
"Ha, ha. Learn that Helen Augustine. Fire one shot in the area and that big ass beast goes running away. Ha, ha!"
Behind Desmond, a Thanator appears. Helen, Dennis and Sarah see it and stay quiet. Desmond continues to yell at the Hammerhead Titanothere.
"Go! Get out of here! Run back to your family you big baby. God."
Desmond walks back to the trio and see them standing perfectly still.
"What?"
Desmond sees that there looking at something that's behind him. Desmond gulps and hears a slight growling sound.
"There's something…really bad…and worse than that…behind me isn't there?"
The trio shake their heads. Desmond slowly turns around and sees the Thanator.
"Oh shit…"
The Thanator leaps in the air and above Desmond. It lands a couple yards away from him and scares off the Hammerhead Titanothere. Desmond points his pistol, one handed at the black beast. Helen keeps Sarah and Dennis back thinking about what she should do. Desmond calls to Helen without looking away.
"Uh..Helen! Little advice please!"
"Run! Get out of here! GET AWAY FROM THAT THING!"
Desmond spins around and runs for it. The Thanator roars and chases after Desmond. Desmond runs through a crowd of tight trees escaping from the beast. But the Thanator knocks them down like toothpicks. Desmond swings around on a small tree taking tight turns causing the Thanator to slip and slide. Desmond slides into a large log and crawls into the middle. The Thanator follows and tries to claw his way to Desmond. Desmond looks back and crawls to the other side. The Thanator runs to the other side and tries to reach Desmond from the other side. Desmond sees and starts shooting at the Thanator.
The Thanator jumps back from the bullets being shot at him. It roars loudly and starts slamming against the log. The log gets kicked up a few times and Desmond feels it moving. The Thanator keeps hitting it with its head and suddenly the log slips down the hill with Desmond inside it spinning out of control. Desmond screams as the long continues to roll down the hill. Desmond tries to keep in place from hitting all around. The log finally makes it to the bottom and Desmond slowly crawls out.
"Oh…God…my head…"
The Thanator roars again and Desmond looks up.
"Oh give me a break!"
Desmond runs for it and the Thanator chases after him. Desmond tries to reach for his hover board in his backpack. He continues to run and finally, he finds it.
"Ha, ha!"
Then suddenly, the Thanator leaps out of the trees behind Desmond and claws his foot onto Desmond causing him to his the dirt.
"OH!"
The Thanator grabs hold of Desmond with his mouth and throws him around like a chew toy. Desmond looks down and unbuckles his backpack from him causing him to hit the ground again and hoping on his hover board. The Thanator tosses the board to the side and goes after Desmond again. Desmond pushes himself on the hover board as hard as he can. Desmond notices a waterfall up ahead and tries to stop, but he trips over a branch and falls into the canyon below.
"AHHH!"
Desmond spins around and lands perfectly vertical into the water. He lands so hard into the water that he sees his hover board and grabs onto it floating him back up to the top. He makes it to the top and gasps for air. Desmond paddles himself to the side and catches his breath.
"Jesus Christ…"
The Thanator roars from the ledge above. Desmond looks back and shakes his head.
"I'm out here for ten minutes and I'm already trying to get killed by what's ever out here."
Back with the trio…
Helen follows the trail left by Desmond and the Thanator. Dennis and Sarah look around too. Sarah looks carefully hard.
"I don't see him Helen."
"He's around here Sarah. Will find him."
Sarah gets a little more nervous. The trio comes up to where the log used to be and Helen studies the area.
"Wait a minute…"
Sarah and Dennis watch Helen examine the area.
"A log used to be here', Helen walks to the hill, and 'Desmond must have climbed inside the log to stay away from the Thanator. The Thanator must have knocked it down the hill with Desmond inside it."
Sarah and Dennis see it too. Helen carefully goes down the hill.
"He's got to be down here somewhere. Come on."
The trio head down the hill and look around for Desmond. Dennis looks into the distance and sees Desmond's bag.
"Hey ladies!"
Sarah and Helen rush over to Dennis picking up Desmond's bag, which is chewed by the Thanator mouth. Helen examines it and Sarah covers his mouth.
"He's alive. I know it. Desmond must have gotten away some other way', Helen looks around, 'There's no tracks. He must have used his board to escape."
Dennis gulps.
"What should we do now Augustine?"
Helen looks around and nods.
"We continue the hike. The Na'vi will find him. Especially if it's a child. Desmond will be found."
Sarah gulps hard and gets really nervous.
Back with Desmond…
Desmond guns it running as hard as he can. His tail hides inside his coat and his long hair hides underneath his hat still. Desmond stops for a moment and catches his breath. He bends down and looks around. Up in the trees, a Na'vi warrior woman, hanging really close to the tree, lifts up and sees Desmond. She first sees him as a Being. She stands up and draws back her arrow. She takes a deep breath then suddenly…
"Ah! God!"
Desmond pulls out his tail and throws down his hat. The woman sees that Desmond is not a Being. Desmond freaks out trying to keep his tail from going up his shirt.
"God! If it's not the animals that are trying to kill me, it's my tail riding up my ass!"
The woman watches Desmond carefully.
"'eveng?"
(A child?)
Desmond wipes off his hair and takes off his outer coat.
"Man it's getting hot in this thing…"
Desmond tosses it to the side and continues on walking. The woman watches the Desmond run off. She firmly holds her bow in her hand and follows him.
That night…
Desmond quickly charges his rechargeable flashlight.
"Come on, work you bastard."
Desmond shakes the hell out of the thing charging it. In the distance, a pack of Viperwolves see Desmond. Desmond starts to hear strange noises in the dark forest. He looks back at the forest and flicks the light to turn on but it doesn't turn on.
"Turn on!"
Desmond continues to shake it. The Viperwolves get in closer. Desmond finally gets the flashlight to work and points in the direction of the Viperwolves.
"Holy crap."
The Viperwolves start growing. Desmond pulls out the gun tucked in the back of his pants and points it at the Viperwolves. Desmond slowly backs up away from them. But they scatter and taunt Desmond into moving where they want him to go. Desmond looks up and sees there crawling on the trees as well. Desmond aims up at the trees and shoots at one to scare it off away from him. They hiss hard at them. Desmond trips and gets back up.
"Can't you all just leave me alone!"
Desmond runs for it away from them. The Viperwolves gun it and chase after Desmond. Desmond makes it away from them but finds even more in front of him. He shines the light and turns around. Some gang up on Desmond and Desmond shines the light at them which makes them jump away. One snarls at Desmond and Desmond shoots at it, but in front of it to make it jump back. Desmond turns his head around and sees them ganging up on him again. He sighs really hard.
"If you want to fight me stop messing around me!"
Desmond starts shooting down one Viperwolf at a time.
"Come on! You got nothing!"
One after another a Viperwolf dies down. One Viperwolf launches itself towards Desmond. But Desmond hears it and shoots it down.
"Pull a fast one on me huh?"
Suddenly another Viperwolf does the same tactic and lands onto Desmond's back.
"AHH! GET OFF OF ME!"
Desmond pulls the gun behind him and shoots down the Viperwolf. But the mistake of doing that because he placed the gun so close behind his head, and do the Avatar's ear, the noise of the gun at the close to the ear…ow (Serious, ow, any idea how much the sound of a handgun going off so close to your ear? It hurts) Desmond rubs his ear.
"Stupid…that was just…STUPID!"
Desmond looks up and sees one Viperwolf up high. It leaps down and Desmond nails it with another bullet. But suddenly, a Viperwolf launches itself right at Desmond who knocks him down and Desmond tries to push it off of him while it chomps his way at him.
"AH! Get…OFF me!"
Desmond looks to the side and sees the gun. He strains himself to reach it. He touches it with his bare finger then finally manages to get it. He laughs but as he pulls the trigger, the gun doesn't fire, completely out of bullets. Desmond gasps as he's ready to be wolf chow. Then all of a sudden, the Na'vi woman from before, Ninat draws back her bow and strikes down the Viperwolf that's on Desmond. Desmond sees the Viperwolf landing on top of him and pushes him off.
"Ah!"
Desmond looks and sees a long arrow sticking out of the Viperwolf.
"Huh?"
Desmond turns his head around and sees Ninat jump out behind the trees behind him and attacks the Viperwolves around Desmond. Desmond gets up and watches this one hit wonder scare away all the Viperwolves. She swings around her bow and swipes the Viperwolves. One Viperwolf jumps on the back of Ninat and she throws it off of her. She throws it into the ground and stabs it. She hisses hard and scares off the rest of the Viperwolves. Desmond breathes slowly seeing this…alien before him. Ninat steps back and scans the area. She steps on Desmond's flashlight and picks it up. She grows annoyed by the light of it as she aims it at herself.
"Kea atan."
(Ahh…no light)
She throws the flashlight at a tree and it smashes to pieces. Desmond shakes his head and throws his hands up.
"Oh great, thanks!"
Ninat turns around and looks at Desmond. Desmond sees the woman staring at him and takes a step back.
"Za'u."
(Come.)
Desmond narrows his eyes and steps back. Ninat just blinks and lends out her hand.
"Za'u."
(Come.)
Desmond shakes his, turns around and makes a break for it. Ninat flinches to see what Desmond is doing.
"Ftang!"
(Stop!)
Desmond doesn't look back to the yelling out Ninat chasing after him.
"Screw this! I'm so out of…', Desmond trips over a branch and flies through the air and down a hill, 'HERE~!"
Desmond rolls down the hill hitting rocks and trees along the way. He finally makes it to the bottom where he lands hard on his back.
"Oh!...oh, oh, oh…this place…definitely hates me" Desmond whispers painfully
Ninat slowly walks up to the down and out Desmond. Desmond keeps his eyes open, barely and looks up at the woman who's standing above him. Desmond slowly closes his eyes and finally passes out.
At the Na'vi camp…
Noises are heard in the background. All the Na'vi see Ninat bringing in a child from outside the forest. All speaking Na'vi wondering whose child this is. Tan Jala and Marali, the leader and the spiritual leader. They question Ninat about the child she has. She tells them that she saw him running through the forest being chased down by Nantang (Viperwolf). He fought some off but she had to save him. Ninat places Desmond down on the ground near a fire. Tan Jala looks down at Desmond and looks at him carefully. He comments that he looks different then the other children. Marali says she'll look at the child. She kneels down and moves her hand over Desmond. Desmond's head falls to the left and he slowly wakes up.
"Oh…"
Marali moves away as Desmond slowly begins to wake up. He moves up his hand and touches his face.
"Head spinning…eye's twirling', Desmond pushes himself up, 'very weird…headache…"
Desmond slowly opens his eyes and looks up. He blinks to see the Na'vi right in front of him.
"Ah!"
Marali, Tan Jala and Ninat flinch back as Desmond pushes himself back away from the three with his feet. Marali moves closer to Desmond.
"Mawey 'eveng. Mawey."
(Calm child. Calm.)
Desmond shakes his head.
"This is a dream. No wait, this is a nightmare."
Marali looks back at Ninat and Tan Jala. Desmond pushes himself up. (He forgot he's in his Avatar, he thinks he's in his own body). Desmond looks around past the three. He sees more of the Na'vi. Desmond clings to the trees behind him and moves away.
"Look. I'm not here to cause problems I just want to figure out what's going on here."
The three look at each other again. Desmond rolls his eyes.
"Don't understand English?"
Marali takes a step forward and Desmond points.
"Don't come any…closer?"
Desmond sees his arm and sees it's blue. He follows his arm up and at his body. Now he remembers that he's in his Avatar. Desmond moves his hands over his face and feels his facial features.
"Pointy ears…flat nose…sharp teeth…"
Desmond slowly moves out his hands.
"I'm in my Avatar still…" Desmond whispers
Marali looks back and moves closer to Desmond.
"What are you called?" Marali asks
Desmond looks up and sees the woman. He narrows his eyes. Desmond sort of smiles.
"What did you just say?"
Marali almost asks again but suddenly shouting is heard behind them. Tan Jala, Ninat and Marali look behind them and see commotion about. Ninat rushes out and Desmond tries to look past all the Na'vi. Tan Jala walks out and a male warrior explains to Tan Jala they picked up Augustine and two children. Tan Jala looks and sees Augustine and two children near her. Desmond looks past everyone and sees his friends. He waves.
"Hey, hey! Augustine! Sarah! Dennis!"
Sarah looks past Augustine and sees Desmond, alive. She smiles and runs towards him.
"Desmond!"
Desmond smiles but suddenly a warrior grabs hold of Sarah and stops her.
"Hey! Get off of me!" Sarah yells
Then again, two other warriors grab hold of Augustine and Dennis.
"Hey!" Dennis yells
"It's me! Augustine! You know me!"
Tan Jala just stares at Augustine. He orders the warriors to tie them up. Desmond sees what's going on and yells.
"HEY!"
Desmond runs at the warriors hurting his friends. One warrior turns around and Desmond jumps towards him and throws him into the ground. Dennis shakes his head and Desmond gets back up as another warrior tries to grab Desmond but Desmond ducks and pushes him away hard. The other warrior runs up behind Desmond, Desmond hears him coming, slips down and spins kick him up in the air and falls down on the ground hard. Desmond quickly picks up one of the warriors bows and uses it to swing away the other Na'vi trying to get close.
"Back! Get back!"
A warrior runs forward and Desmond smacks him hard with the bow and launches him back. Desmond spins the bow around like a kantana and gets ready for another shot of any Na'vi to run at them. Tan Jala watches as this child takes down every single warrior trying to get close to them. Augustine, Dennis and Sarah stay behind Desmond protecting them. Another warrior, a tough looking warrior, Beyda'amo walks up to Desmond slowly. Desmond sees the tough guy walking towards him. Desmond gets ready. He looks down, hard at Desmond and orders him to put the bow down. Desmond smiles.
"Why don't you try English, I might understand you."
"Desmond." Augustine calls for
Desmond looks back.
"Don't." Helen says telling Desmond what to do
Desmond looks back at the tall warrior just a few feet from him. Desmond holds the bow firmly in his hand. Tan Jala slowly pulls out his knife. Desmond just stares at it like it's nothing. Tan Jala raises his voice.
"Beyda'amo!"
Beyda'amo turns around.
"Nìtam."
(Enough.)
Beyda'amo takes a second to agree with the order. He grunts hard under his breath and slides back in his knife. Beyda'amo looks back down hard at Desmond and walks towards Tan Jala. Tan Jala speaks with Beyda'amo about this boy. He's never seen a child do this before, especially to a warrior. Marali steps in. she says she'll speak to the boy. Marali points to Desmond.
"You! Come!"
Desmond continues to hold the bow in his hand firmly. He turns around and looks at Augustine.
"Go on Desmond. Don't do anything rash."
Desmond rolls his eyes.
"And if they do anything 'rash' first?"
Desmond looks around and slowly lowers the bow. The warriors around lighten up but stay on their feet. Desmond drops the bow and walks towards Marali and Tan Jala. The Na'vi open a path way to them. Desmond stands a couple feet away from the two. Desmond clears his throat.
"Uh…you called?"
Tan Jala asks what Marali wanted to see out of this child. He's different then the other children, he sees that clearly. Marali tells Tan Jala she'll look closer. Marali begins to circle around Desmond. Desmond follows her.
"Is there something I can help you with?"
Marali grabs Desmond's tail.
"Hey."
She feels Desmond's hair. Desmond shakes his head.
"What are you?"
She feels his arms and touches his face. Desmond narrows his eyes. She stands in front of him.
"What are you called child?"
Desmond gulps.
"Miles. Desmond Miles." Desmond says looking around
Desmond spots some children hiding behind their, what he thinks their parents. Desmond looks up and back at Marali.
"Give me your hand."
Desmond looks at his right hand and lends it out. Marali pull out a small knife in her clothing and stabs the tip of Desmond's trigger finger.
"Ow!"
Desmond puts his finger in his mouth. Marali puts the tip of her knife, where the blood of Desmond is, the drop falls off the knife and onto Marali's tongue. She closes her eyes and reopens them. She looks down at Desmond.
"Why are you here?"
Desmond gulps. Augustine gets little nervous because she was hoping to explain to the leaders why there, there.
"Came to be with you all."
Marali puts her knife back away.
"We have tried to trust the Beings here. Augustine on the other hand is different from them. What are you?"
Desmond sort of smiles.
"Well I'm completely different here then Dr. Augustine there', Desmond looks back and points at Augustine, 'I can't teach my A,B,C's to people but I sure can help out with anyone who has a serious problem."
Marali narrows her eyes.
"Problem?"
Desmond sorta smiles.
"You got problems. With the humans, right?"
"Desmond." Helen calls
Desmond looks behind him. Helen shakes her head and tells him that they refer the humans as Beings. Desmond nods.
"Oh, my mistake. The…Beings."
"How can you help?"
Desmond crosses his arms.
"I know how these Beings work. I can tell you anything about them. How they think, how they plan. Especially there weapon choice', Desmond looks at Beyda'amo who's eyeing him, he looks at his knife, Desmond scratches the back of his head, 'Because I can clearly see a little tiny hunting knife is no match for anything to what these guys wear."
Beyda'amo understands very little and knows Desmond's making fun of him about his knife. Beyda'amo says that Desmond's making fun of his knife; he could kill Desmond in second. Tan Jala stops him. Tan Jala comments that if this child knows how these Beings live, they can use his knowledge to have the upper hand. They can learn off of him. Beyda'amo looks funny at Tan Jala for a second. But realizes he can't change what Tan Jala orders. Desmond kind of sees what's going on. He speaks up.
"Well, since I'm helping you, you can help us four out."
Marali looks back at Desmond.
"You scratch my back, I scratch yours."
Marali doesn't understand. Desmond clearly sees it.
"I help you, you help me?"
Still, not understanding. Desmond looks up.
"Look, I help you; you give us what we want, understand?"
"What do you want?"
Desmond looks back at Augustine and she nods.
"Let us live here. Be among you."
Marali understands.
"You will stay then. You are different."
Desmond smiles.
"Oh hell yeah, I'm different. I bet you guys never saw this before."
Desmond lifts his hand up in the air and snaps his thumb really hard and loud. The Na'vi flinches and touches their ears. Everyone. Augustine sighs really hard.
"Desmond is going to either get us hanged or killed instantly if he keeps this up."
Dennis rolls his eyes.
"Great. It's my second day like this and I was already starting to get used to this body."
"Shut up Dennis." Sarah says
Desmond looks at his hand.
"I guess I won't be doing that no more."
Marali speaks it with Tan Jala. Tan Jala agrees, but they will be watched closely. Marali looks back at Desmond.
"It is decided. You will stay among us. And we might learn many things from each other together."
Desmond blinks and slowly nods.
"Okay…great."
Well, looks like Desmond and the trio finally made it to the Na'vi camp. I have to be honest with Readers; I was dying to get to these parts. In the beginning, nothing really 'Avatary' was going on. So, now that the four are with the Na'vi, some things will be learned, and shown, especially from Desmond. Now that the Na'vi know how Desmond know these things about the Beings, they might have some plans for him, so next time on Kid Avatar Chapter 6, New Things, Same Things