AN: I'd like to use this space to thank both yaoirocks8808 and MewmewInuSailorHeart for their really fast betaing of these chapters! I hope you all enjoy reading them and, just so you know, I'm already working on the next chapters.

Chapter 09

Tsu'tey blinked in confusion, 'Why is it so dark?' The warmth against his back, arms holding him tight and possessive, hot breath against his neck and shoulder and the fact that he could not identify this presence with his mate brought it all back.

"Finally awake, are you now beloved?" The dark rough voice made Tsu'tey flinch away but the arms held him fast.

No'tak leaned forward forcing Tsu'tey down on the ground with his whole weight. Just now did Tsu'tey feel the wetness all over his body, the stench of No'tak's sweat and semen on him…

Panic seized him and Tsu'tey struggled against the Na'vi pinning him down. His struggles grew weaker and weaker when he felt the other hardening against him, clearly enjoying his movement. Panting he forced himself to remain still, to take stock of his body and what No'tak had done to him while he was unconscious.

Despite the slick semen covering his back and ass. Tsu'tey could not help but feel relieved that his body had not been invaded, that he had not been raped, violated as he had feared.

"Your mate is dead, Tsu'tey. I killed him and now you are mine!" A possessive grip on his hair pulled Tsu'tey's head back and exposed his neck to the other. "And now I will claim what has always been mine!" No'tak bit harshly into Tsu'tey's neck, tearing a cry of pain and humiliation from the leader of the Omaticaya.

He felt the bond to Jake flare brightly in his mind, letting him know that No'tak was lying, letting him know that Jake was on his way to get him back. It gave him strength, strength he needed to forget the harsh way No'tak would soon claim his body. It also gave him faith that he feared he had lost when waking up in the arms of his worst nightmare.

Faith in Eywa, and faith in their destiny.

It also gave him faith in Jake Sully and their miracle growing within the former human.

Growing Faith.

Seeing the lair of the tribe that had attacked them Jake let out a battle cry, echoed by the Toruk he was riding on.

The Omaticaya, their pa'li and the ikran didn't react other than letting out their own shouts.

But it satisfied Jake Sully immensely when he saw the other tribe panicking. The pa'li ran away in total panic while the ikran took to the air. All of them fleeing from their natural enemy.

The Na'vi looked up at them in total fright. Not daring to move a muscle once they saw the Omaticaya in the air surrounding the Toruk. Despite being warriors they knew better than to attack the Toruk, especially when it was controlled by another Na'vi, an Omaticaya in this case.

And the one on the Toruk's back was an Omaticaya. Having heard rumors from other tribes - that they had not believed due to No'tak - they knew that this was the Toruk Makto, the one that had rescued them from the invading demons.

The ikran landed first while the riders of the Pa'li secured the proximity of the lair. Just when everything was secured and the weapons collected from the still paralyzed Na'vi did Jake land.

Once his feet touched the ground he felt Eywa's presence, Ney'tiri's voice urging him to hurry. A flash of pain took him unaware and he winced at the pain on his neck. As his hand rose to check he found nothing, no wound, no sting, no blood… 'But what was that?'

*JAKE!*

Jake Sully flinched at the shout echoing in his head. Now he knew what the pain meant. His mate, his Tsu'tey was hurt and calling for him, needing him to come for him.

Growling Jake stepped forward, making the Na'vi, even a few of the Omaticaya step back in fright. "Where is my mate?" he hissed the words unaware that behind him the Toruk leaped up onto his hind legs, spreading its wings.

Most of them heard the growling before they saw the new being emerge from the shadows of the forest. Claws scrapping against the ground, tail swishing in agitation the palulukan stepped forward, coming to rest beside Jake. Eyes never leaving the Na'vi it sniffed Jake's hand before turning its head to a cave in the back of the lair.

Registering the palulukan as help from Eywa, Jake held perfectly still until it released turned away and took a few steps towards the cave and began growling.

The Na'vi that had always feared both the toruk and the palulukan flinched when the great land predator made his way through them. Coming to rest just at the entrance of the cave, it threw its head back and howled in anger before taking off into the cave.

Jake ran forward, following the palulukan inside. His only intend was to find his mate and take him back to their tribe.

Tsu'tey had stopped fighting him, stopped struggling and just lay there.

No'tak growled in annoyance. This was not what he wanted. He wanted the other to struggle, to try and escape. It would make his victory much sweeter after all the time he had thought about the taking him.

But he was not one to resist the temptation of taking his mate for the first time. No'tak ripped of the loin cloth, admiring the now naked body of his future mate. The semen covering Tsu'tey's back and thighs excited him further and No'tak felt himself harden. Turning him around No'tak leaned down and took Tsu'tey's mouth in a possessive kiss, not registering that the other didn't react to him. He did not struggle, but neither did he partake in the kiss.

Tsu'tey just lay there. Basking in the love he felt coming from his mate, in the soothing presence coming from Eywa. In the security that his mate was near and coming for him. He just had to keep his mind fixed on these things and everything would be fine. It did not matter what happened to his body, he would heal from everything No'tak did to him, knew with a certainty that frightened himself that Jake would be there for him, that his mate would catch him, if he became a victim of this violation.

The light he felt coming from Jake grew dimmer when Tsu'tey felt his legs being forced apart and his hips rose. He let out a cry of despair when he felt the hardness against his entrance. 'Jake, Jake, Jake, Jake…' An endless litany of his mate's name flashed through his mind and just as he felt the hardness push against him an unearthly howl echoed through the cave.

No'tak felt himself freeze at the howl. He knew that it was a palulukan, but why had no one warned him about it approaching the lair?

Releasing his mate, who scrambled away from him, No'tak stood up and grabbed his weapon. A shadow and big eyes reflecting the fire alerted him to the presence of the beast. Just as he jumped forward he was tackled from behind.

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