+Desperation, Destruction, Determination+

When I had first came to Pandora, I had thought this trip to be an escape. I thought becoming a Na'vi would be easy, and that I would never have to turn back to my old life. I thought Tommy had me all set, but looking back now I could have swore I hadn't seen 'being tied up and bound by the natives' in the brochure he had showed me.

Struggle against the ropes that held me, I turned to Jake. He was trying just as hard to set himself free as he, and Grace, tried to convince the others to leave before the RDA got here. They knew the moment they arrived there would be bloodshed; possibly our own blood as well. I knew I wouldn't die. I'd simply return to my human body, but that didn't change the fact that the others around us didn't have that option. If they got hit by one the soldiers bullets, or god only worse came to happen, that would be the end of their lives. There was no second chance for them.

Looking over at Tsu'tey as he spoke with Eytukan, I felt the hurt building up inside of me again. I had betrayed him. I had betrayed all of them. I deserved to die before any of them did.

Tsu'tey finally noticed my gaze and turned to look at me, once Eytukan left of course. He watched with anger blazing in his eyes, but with underlying pain. It was the pain, from my betrayal. It was the pain that he had been the one to tie me up for all to see my deception. I had humiliated him; disgraced him, and I deserved whatever he could throw at me. Lowering my head I didn't see him come forward, but I heard Jake scream right before I felt a sudden sharp pain at the back of my head as he pulled my hair back so my face would come up to look at him. He was holding a knife to my throat, and he was clearly furious, but even as he held it there I noticed that it was slowly falling away as his own internal pain took over him. He couldn't hurt me; couldn't kill me, and why? It was because he loved me too much. I could see it in the way he moved, or the way he looked at me.

"GET AWAY FROM MY SISTER," Jake screamed from beside me as I slowly tuned back into the world. Without turning his eyes away from me, he slowly backed away as he whispered a single word, "Why?" As fresh tears slowly started to pour across my cheeks I answered, "I don't know." This only angered him as he moved forward again to place the knife directly on my throat, "YOU LIE."

"Tsu'tey, it's not her fault," Grace spoke from my right, but Tsu'tey refused to move as his eyes glared coldly into mine.

"Tsu'tey, I ordered her not to tell. She didn't have any part in it. It was all my doing," Jake spoke from beside me, as he silently hoped it would get Tsu'tey to move away from me. However, Tsu'tey simply just kept his gaze upon mine as he fought inside of himself whether or not to go through with what his knife was hinting at.

"Tsu'tey, please," Grace begged again, only in Na'vi. Tsu'tey's hold lessoned, but not completely. As my tears spilled onto his knife, it was the one thing that managed to tear his gaze away from mine. Looking down at the weapon, he watched as the droplets slid to the very edge, before dripping onto the ground beneath him.

"Tsu'tey," I choked. Carefully moving his eyes to look at me, his knife slowly retreated from my throat, and back to his side. Leaning forward he placed his forehead against mine as he closed his eyes and spoke; "I have no choice."

"I know," I breathed closing my eyes as well, before adding, "…but I still love you." Breathing in deeply from either frustration or anger, Tsu'tey roughly jerked himself away from me as he turned on his heel and made his way back over to the others. This was a situation he could no longer put himself in anymore. Grace, now understanding why he had been so angry, looked at me in shock.

"And you too," she breathed looking between Jake and I. Not answering her question I looked away. Suddenly Grace began to struggle against her holds. It wasn't until, Jake started to do it as well, that I realized why they were.

It wasn't hard to hear them coming. The whipping of the propellers, as the large machines flew through the air, wasn't something you could easily miss after staying on Hell's Gate for a few days. Slowly, I too started struggling against my binds as three warriors came out of nowhere to stop us from what we were doing.

"GO NOW, YOU WILL DIE. THEY WILL KILL YOU," I screamed in Na'vi as Jake and Grace took to doing the same. If we couldn't be saved, then at least we could try to convince the others to go so that they would be.

"RUN TO THE FOREST," Jake yelled in English finally from beside me.

"THEY'RE COMING!"

"THEY WILL DESTROY THIS PLACE," I screamed, as Jake quickly mimicked me a moment later in English. However, our pleas were no use as the Na'vi stood their ground waiting for the machines to arrive.

"Neytiri, you must go now," Grace called out to her as she noticed the girl making her way toward her father Eytukan. Yet the moment the words escaped Grace's lips, a fellow female warrior began yipping from nearby as the machines rounded from around Home-tree.

Feeling the fear rise in me, both Jake and I screamed out in English and Na'vi, "RUN TO THE FOREST, RUN." Yet it did no good as they readied themselves for what they thought would be a battle. If only they knew. I had seen what was to come through my final stage into becoming a warrior. I knew there was going to be destruction, and there was no stopping it. However, what could be stopped was the whole clan being murdered if they just listened.

As we continued with our pleas, some started to listen as they began to reconsider, however Tsu'tey soon crushed our hope of them leaving as he cried out in Na'vi, "HAVE NO FEAR, HAVE NO FEAR."

Turning my eyes to look out over the large river, I watched in terror as the gunships circled around and came to hover over us. Closing my eyes, as to avoid any dirt from flying into them as the wind picked up around us, I found my hearing took up where my eyes couldn't.

I listened as Jake and Grace continued to plead, but when someone else's words caught my hearing I felt fear rise in me. It was Eytukan as he ordered over the sound of propellers to Tsu'tey, "TAKE THE IKRAN…ATTACK FROM ABOVE."

Opening my eyes in time I watched as Tsu'tey ordered the other warriors to follow him. Turning to gaze at me one last time, I gave him a pleading look, but he turned away and continued on. I was on my own now. We were on our own now.

Turning to look back up at the gunships, I could barely make out someone standing in the front window on the largest ship. I had a feeling who it was though by the way they arrogantly looked down upon us. As he disappeared from the window I turned my eyes on Neytiri as I continued to beg for her and the others to leave, however my pleas were soon interrupted as the machines began to fire.

"NOOO," I screamed as the tear gas began to fill the air the moment the capsules hit the ground. Turning to Jake I yelled, "HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE!" He looked at me, and the moment I caught his gaze I felt my heart clench. Just from the mere look I knew we didn't have long until the blasts.

Struggling against my binds I was forced to watch as the Na'vi feebly tried to attack their enemy with arrows. Yet I knew better from my world's history that it was a useless attempt. You couldn't beat metal and guns with arrows so easily.

All of the sudden shots rang out again, and this time I knew they weren't tear gas. Following the string of smoke I watched in utter denial as fire suddenly enveloped the inside of Home-tree. Explosions came from all directions as the innocent ran for their lives away from the blaze. Then a thought occurred to me. Tsu'tey had gone to get his ikran! Tsu'tey was in there!

"TSU'TEY! HE'S IN THERE," I cried out as I looked over at my brother. His eyes widen ever so slightly, but other than struggling against his binds that was all the response I got. Looking over my shoulder at the chaos I heard Eytukan finally scream out, "GET EVERYONE TO THE FOREST."

Na'vi ran past us as they tried to get their friends and family to safety. Turning my eyes too gaze out over the river I noticed Neytiri looking at us, almost as if she were debating whether or not to save us as well. However as someone bumped into her, she soon came to her senses and took off.

"NEYTIRI," my brother screamed, but it was no use. She would not look back at us. I didn't blame her though. Look at what we had done.

I watched the smaller gunships began to retreat, and at first I began to rejoice silently until I heard my brother cry out to us, "WE GOTTA MOVE! HE'S GONNA BLOW THE COLUMNS!"

"MY God," Grace gritted through her teeth as she struggled against her ropes.

"Jake these ropes…we'll never get out in time," I replied to him anxiously as I too began to struggle.

"There's gotta be a way," he said looking up, but right about that time we noticed something making its way over to us. As I lowered my eyes, I realized it was Mo'at. Limping toward us with a crazed look in her eyes, and brandishing a knife in her left hand; I couldn't stop the bad feeling from slowly overcoming me.

When she was in reaching distance, she took me by the shoulder while she brought the knife next to the bind near my throat.

"MO'AT NOO," Grace screamed out as she fought to try and stop her. Looking between, my me and my brother, her look of determination slipped as her desperation appeared in both her words and tears, "If you are one of us…help us." With that she cut the rope holding me, and I was free. Turning to Jake she did the same as I helped Grace the best I could.

The moment we were all free Jake turned to the crowd, and us, as he yelled, "This way." Following closely behind him as I stayed beside Mo'at making sure she was safe, I looked around to assure myself everyone else was capable of making it out. Seeing no one else injured I turned my gaze forward right in time as the first wave rolled out. The moment it hit, it felt as if the ground beneath me gave way, and something behind me had literally shoved itself against my back.

Hitting the ground hard next to Mo'at I cried from the pain as several sharp rocks and plants shoved themselves into my skin harshly. Every thought running in my mind kept telling me I was going to die. Every single word I thought of involved one thing; if I stayed here I wouldn't make it. So groaning as I lifted myself up I looked around to find the others. Seeing them alright, and already on their feet, I knew it was time for me to move as well.

The moment I got my bearings, I shot up with all my strength, and pulled Mo'at to her feet from where she laid beside me. Rushing forward I could hear as the second wave was fired. Counting each second I was stopped right on five, when it hit Home-Tree once again. This time the wave felt stronger as we fell once again. I felt every muscle in my body cry out from the exertion it was being put through, and as I went to move my legs, I found them giving way from underneath them.

Growling I lifted myself up again, only this time it was Mo'at who took hold of me and made sure I got onto my feet. Seeing Jake and Grace crouching lowly beside a fallen tree she pushed me over it and into their arms before trying to get around it herself. However the moment the next wave came she was violently pushed forward from the impact, but Jake managed to get his grip around her as he pulled her to crouch down beside him. Holding me close, Grace looked out over the destruction as she tried to help numerous Na'vi over the fallen tree as well.

Hearing a faint cry in the distance, I narrowed my eyes as I tried to find the source. Feeling my blood run cold as my gaze centered on a fallen child, I soon found myself tearing away from Grace's hold, and my brother's watchful eyes.

As I jumped over the tree to go help the young girl I could hear Jake, and the others yelling for me to come back, however I was too far out to turn back by the time I thought it through. Grabbing the small child by her waist I hauled her up into my arms before I took off back to the others, right as the next wave hit. We were almost instantly thrown to ground only two feet away from Jake's safe haven.

Desperately throwing himself over the tree, he came running over to save us. Taking the child from my arms, he took me by the wrist, and pulled me up as he dragged us over to the others. Once we were safely over the tree, he had me crouch down beside him as he threw his arm around me. I knew it was either to protect me from returning to save someone else, or from the strong blasts that kept throwing me off balance. Either way I knew he was just trying to make sure I was safe, since I found myself clutching to him tightly.

Holding onto both him, and the tree, as I steady myself from each quake, I soon found that everything just seemed to stop abruptly. The air quieted around us immediately, as the earth seemed to stand still. Opening my eyes I looked up at the sky. They were no longer firing. Turning to look at Home-tree, it felt as if I was back in that horrible nightmare.

Gazing into the fire as it burned bright and steadily I felt as if my whole world seemed to stop. Turning my eyes I followed the billowing smoke as it rolled up into the air in thick clouds. I listened in shock as the horrible sounds of cries filled the air. I felt like I was being smothered by it all. I felt as if something was literally being pressed against my chest. Even as the smoke stretched out to us, and I went to breathe in, all I felt was a fit of coughs build up in my throat.

Looking over my shoulder I listened as the Na'vi cried out from all around me; some yelling for their loved ones or others from the pain of an injury.

"MOMMY," the little child cried from beside me as she was instantly swept into an older female Na'vi's arms. Thanking us, she moved away to be with what I could only guess was her husband. Looking back up at the tree, I watched as tiny leafs fell like rain down upon us. It seemed so calm, so peaceful, just as long as I kept my gaze looking up, and not down. As long as I tuned everything out around me, it seemed as if nothing had happened, however a sudden booming sound of creaking wood met my ears. Turning my gaze downward I saw why as terror immediately began pumping into my blood stream.

Without a second thought, my brother and I were immediately on our feet as we screamed to the others, "GO,GO,GO." Rushing forward I didn't turn to look back, for in fear that if I did, I might freeze upon where I stood. Everything that Eywa had shown me…was true. Everything that she had needed me to see…to understand…it was all true, and I knew if I stopped for a moment the shock would catch up with me; the shock that would render me motionless; the same shock that was almost rendering me speechless as I urged the Na'vi forward.

However, I was finally forced to turn and look back when I found something shadowing over us. I felt my blood run cold as I caught sight of the falling tree.

"MOVE, MOVE, MOVE," I screamed as ordered the Na'vi around me forward, but it was to late as debris began to fall from above, and branches came crashing down from all around us; one happening to separate me from my brother, and the others.

"JAKE," I cried out in fear, but hearing a panicked, "MIA," being cried out from him, I knew he was alright. Suddenly I felt someone jerk on my arm as they pulled me too them. Thanking Eywa they did, because right then another branch came crashing down. Turning to look at my savior I found Atan'eko as he urged me to follow him. Without so much as a thought, I followed as we avoided getting crushed together.

The moment the tree settled we rooted ourselves as we took a moment to breath. Then turning our eyes upon the destruction laid out before us, it was all I could do to keep from collapsing in his arms. Placing my hand over my lips as the sobs passed through them, I could feel the hot tears as they poured freely down my cheeks.

At this moment, Atan'eko and I weren't enemies, we neither hated nor cared for one another, but we were there for each other as he pulled me into his arms and held me, while still looking out over the damage with horror. This had been his home. This had been my home. This had been everyone's homes, but now….it was gone. Home-Tree had fallen.

Seeing Neytiri off in the distance, I pulled away from him to go after her. I heard Atan'eko cry after me with honest worry lacing in his words, but I didn't listen as I caught up to her.

"NEYTIRI," I called out, as she turned to look at me. Relief flooded into her eyes, but she didn't really say anything other than a strained cry, "My father, I can't find him." Nodding my head, we both took off as we searched through the rumble for Eytukan; all the while finding more bodies than I had ever seen within my entire lifetime. I went to stop and bless some, but I didn't stay long as Neytiri would skip from one to the other looking for her father. Finding some injured I would call out to a nearby Na'vi who wasn't. Making sure they would be okay I would take off after Neytiri once more.

As I got up to leave one woman in the hands of a fellow warrior, I noticed Neytiri's body tense as she caught sight of something, or better yet, someone.

"FATHER," she yelled taking off as I stood up and ran after her. "FATHER," Neytiri cried again as she jumped over a large vine. Throwing myself over it as well, I turned right in time to see a sight that no daughter should have to see.

Lying before Neytiri, as she came to drop her bow with a loud wail, was Eytukan with a large branch jutting up from his back. Dropping to her knees she rolled him over, where both of us found it was a through and through. However, Eytukan was still alive, barely, but still breathing. Looking up at his daughter, as I came to stand behind her, he spoke through a weak groan, "Daughter…take…my…bow." Carefully picking up the bow that laid beside him, he weakly handed it to a sobbing Neytiri. Looking from her, and then, surprisingly, to me he whispered through his last breath, "Protect The People."

Holding onto his bow tightly, I watched as his hand fell away. With tears in my eyes, I came forward and carefully placed my arms around the girl. She didn't move, or even acknowledge me as she continued to wail for her father. She was in shock, just like anyone daughter would be. I knew how she felt. I knew what it was like to lose someone. I had lost many family members in the past, Tommy being one of them. As I looked down upon Eytukan, the memory of Tommy lying dead in my arms flashed to the front of my mind. Closing my eyes one of my own cries left my lips. Those bastards! How could they do this? How could they kill innocent people? They were murders, just like the murders that had killed Tommy. They had no heart; no soul. They were just monsters!

"NEYTIRI," My brother cried as he came bursting into the area where we were. Catching sight of me I could see his relief, but as he realized why Neytiri and I were huddled together his eyes immediately filled with guilt, sympathy, and many other emotions I could not place.

Rushing toward us, he fell to his knees next to Neytiri right as she wailed out in grief. She didn't move, or look up. She didn't even acknowledge Jake, as I moved away just a little.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Jake said as he cautiously placed a hand upon her shoulder. That seemed to make her acknowledge him finally as she sobbed, "Get away." Jake seemed shocked as he continued to look at her, however Neytiri was slowly taking upon a new emotion as she jerked herself away from us while shrieking, "GET AWAY!" Turning mainly on Jake she screamed, "GET AWAY FROM HERE," as shoved him away with her father's bow, "NEVER COME BACK!" Turning around she walked back to Eytukan's body. Dropping to her knees she pulled him into her arms and began to cradle him as she cried. Wanting to comfort her, I knew better as I backed away. Feeling Jake's hand on mine he pulled me away as neither of us let our eyes leave her until we walked so far she was out of our sight.

Turning to look around at all the damage that had been done, I realized I had never found Tsu'tey's body. Sure we hadn't covered the whole area, but I had still not found him. Catching my questioning gaze, Jake only shook his head as if he were silently answering that he too had not found him.

"We must find him. He has to be somewhere," I begged my brother as he simply nodded.

Aimlessly we walked through the rumble searching for him, or more so, I was searching. Jake was sort of just staring straight ahead not saying a word. He moved so carelessly as he twisted and turned. It was as if he were in a dream. Almost as if he thought he'd wake up any moment. I knew the feeling as I came to stop as he continued on. Looking into the smoke and fire around me I realized just how much I had been dreaming as well.

I was a warrior who dreamed she could bring peace. I was a warrior that had been told by Eywa that there was a way to stop this from happening, but it had just been a dream. There was no way to prevent them from getting what they wanted. There was no way to fight them either. I had let myself continue to day dream of fantasies that weren't going to happen. I guess sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up.

As I turned to look to see where my brother had gone, I felt everything go black as I was suddenly being hurtled forward through a neon colored tunnel. As my mind came to rest in my human body, and my eyes opened and adjusted, I didn't have much time to lay there as I found the hatch being ripped open and two soldiers jerking me upwards. Still in shock I didn't fight them at first as they began to try and cuff me, but as my eyes caught the screens around us; as the scenes of what I had just witnessed myself were replayed in front of me, I felt that spur of adrenaline come to life in me as it awakened my senses. Turning on Selfridge, I screamed out as I fought against the soldiers holding me, "YOU BASTERD. YOU KILLED THEM. YOU MURDER THEM. I HOPE YOU GO TO HELL." Turning to look beside me I found Jake being hauled out of his link bed by the other soldiers, as Norm yanked against his handcuffs to reach him, "PUT HIM DOWN."

Weaseling out of their grips, I flung myself over the bar in front of me right at Selfridge. I managed to land one punch to his face before the soldiers pulled me back.

"YOU MURDERER," Grace screamed as she fought against the men holding her. I knew that if she could, she probably would have done the same. As one of the soldiers fought to hold me down, his hand came close to biting range, and I immediately let myself sink my teeth into the side of his hand. Yelping, he reacted with a backhand to my face, sending Grace into an even stronger fit of rage. By the time they did get a hold of me, it was hard to believe that almost five soldiers had to hold down someone my size and weight, as they cuffed me. Looking up at Selfridge, I kept a steady glare pointed directly at him as he nursed his, probably broken, nose.

Every bit of anger I had, even anger that I didn't know I had, was all brought forward to rest in my eyes with a murderous gaze.

"Make sure you bind her good," he said fearfully backing away as he left the room. Yanking me up roughly the soldiers pushed me forward over to the door.

Everything I came here for. Everything that I had worked for…it was all gone. Every single bit of it was gone, and it wall because of greed, prejudice, and pride. Yet Eywa as my witness, I would have my revenge. That I was most certain off.

Hope you liked this chapter. I know it's definitely not been my longest. Hell it might have even been mine shortest, that I'm not sure of either, but this part of the movie always gets to me, and it's hard for me to write while having to watch it over, and over again. It's a very sad part. However I promise the next will be a lot longer, and I'll try to mix it up the best I can for Mia. Anyway I hope you loved it either way.

By the way thank you for all the reviews you wonderful people sent to me-…midnight84118… Emmalime… electrogirl88… SOSlove… Neezaho…Archermusician…Haunted Shy Girl… Maddiek0522… and lightan117.

Also, thanks to all of you who just read the story. Even if you don't review the story I know you like it if you've read it this far, and I thank you for that. You, and the reviewers, are the reason I keep writing. You all are my help, and my inspiration.

P.S. I saw the Special Edition Avatar in 3D the day it came out, and all I have to say is…..SO FREAKING COOL. I loved it better than the original, but only because it showed more Tsu'tey scenes :-). Just kidding it was just better overall. Anyway, I know my story is no longer completely accurate according to those scenes; at least in my opinion. So from here on out I'm going to continue with the old DVD to the best of my ability, and when ever the Special Edition comes out I'll try to come back and tweak the story a little bit. Like for instants, the scene where they go to Grace's old school; that I really want to put in the story because in mine it ties in with Sylwanin. Either way I'm just letting you know that here in the future my story might undergo some reconstruction. However, as of right now be reassured that not much will change. Oh and as for those asking about TSU'TEY'S DEATH, you will find out in the end, because that's all I'm willing to say on the subject. However that scene too will be tweaked to my like because Wainfleet was supposed to find him first, and cut off his queue. In the movie they didn't include that. Either way just know that I've heard your questions on the matter, but for now the ending is top secret. :-)