Chapter three, I'm really getting these done fast! My last chapter was nearly seven thousand words and I did that the same day I finished the first chapter. That's good, means I have a lot of ideas to get this story really going. Even so any Idea you guys have will be welcomed with excitement, I love reviews that are helpful in some way. I love writing but everyone gets writers block, especially when you Role play as much as me, I have to look for so many plots I'm running out! XD Anyway This is Sparrow getting ready for her Avatar, meeting more people and learning about Pandora with her own eyes, college just doesn't cover it! hehe. Sparrow isn't a Mary sue. She isn't perfect despite what some one said on a review and she isn't over shining the main chars. This story does revolve around her, its fan fiction for a reason. XD If you think she is and it bothers you dont read it, just leave because if you take the time to flame it wont be read, its a waste of time.
Sparrow will be meeting Jake soon and while I plan on having them friendly there will be no relationship between them, hes for Ney'tiri. Norm Spellman is going to be coming in soon as well. I'm not going to make any terrible Mary sues so when Tsu'tey comes in the picture he will probably despise her at first. As for Parker's interest in her, not sure where that's gonna go but I assure you, its going to be one sided at best, lol that guys a creep! I hope you guys like the story, Its fun to write so far even though getting all the facts together is a pain in the ass. lol Thank you to all those that gave me a good review.
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Artymoon
We are all in the gutter,
But some of us are looking at the stars...
Chapter 3, Avatar
'I'm speaking English'
'I'm speaking Na'vi'
Her room had been pleasant, the quarters small but enough room to get around. a bathroom connected, a rare commodity around here. The scientists were spoiled in this way, she guessed idly as she stretched out in bed, not worried about the time since it was still to early to be up, even for military time. She had always been an early riser and with all the excitement it was a wonder she slept at all, the cryo was the reason she was so tired, it had taken a lot out of her and the groggy, jet lag like feeling had been harsh on her. Sparrow was glad she had been able to sleep. She sat up, her white tshirt and lady briefs being her only clothes at the moment as her feet hit the cold floor and she padded to the bathroom. All her stuff had arrived before she did and was brought here for her arrival. She was glad for that. she went through her usual morning routine swiftly, placing on a black Tshirt and Cargo pants, her hair the same as always. She pondered everything that's happened. First the trip here that lasted way to long, then arriving and seeing her Avatar, which she has been told looks exactly like all the other Na'vi-a rare thing. She didn't know why, maybe it was the native in her? It was a mystery.
A nock on the door interrupted her musings. She was ready to go anyway so it wasn't unwelcome. "?" Some ones voice spoke through the door. Sparrow didn't waste time in answering the door. She smiled at the woman on the other side, she was in a business suite and her auburn hair was pulled back into a pony tail that somehow managed to look elegant. She had a rather unique eye color, a blue-violet, She certainly would stand out in a crowd. "I'm here to bring you to meet Grace. Max couldn't make it, hes very busy." She said with a smile.
Sparrow just nodded, accepting it. She didn't expect Max would be able to stay away from his duties to long. She would be training for a while still to fit in with the team and their schedules so that when she is in her Avatar she doesn't have to be watched that much. "That's alright. You can call me Sparrow." she replied, exiting her room and shutting the door behind her, the door locks automatically so she didn't worry about locking up. The woman gave her a whimsical smile. "Sparrow huh? Nice. My name is Sidda Lebeau, call me Sidda, or Sid if you want" Sparrow smiled, finally knowing the girls name, there is nothing that bothers her as much as identifying someone as 'girl' or 'boy'.
"Max showed you your Avatar right?" Sidda inquired as the girls walked down the hall, their gate purposeful, but unhurried. It seemed as not much would be expected of Sparrow until she knows her way around, thankfully she would have a half year to learn the ropes. "Yeah, I was surprised, thought I would have to wait to see her. I knew how tall they would be but seeing it with my own eyes.." Sparrow began, her voice making it clear she was impressed with the sheer size of the Na'vi. Sidda grinned. "I know what you mean, they can be intimidating at first, seeing them walk around here, they make me feel like a little girl again!" Sidda said with a laugh as they moved through doors and greeted a few people here and there. Everyone was busy even this early. "The process of being placed into one, was confusing on paper, I hope I don't let Dr. Augustine down." Sparrow said, almost to herself.
"Don't worry about it, you wouldn't be here if Grace didn't think your credentials fit. You have been training for this for five years? Correct?" Sidda asked curiously. Sparrow nodded "And before that I took advanced Botany." Sparrow added. "I have read Dr. Augustines books, the plants here are so different from anything I have seen." She told Sidda, whom had fast earned her trust, the girl was like Edward in how easy going she was. "But you have studied her text books right?" Sidda inquired. Sparrow nodded "Of coarse. I was enrolled in every class you can imagine, I took studies on a base back on earth. Not the main base of coarse. But I was accepted into the program once I finished learning to speak Na'Vi."
Sidda seemed to accept this and smiled. "Well, Grace read over your papers herself- it was her that accepted you into the program." Sparrow seemed more than happy at this. "I thought there were other high ups that do the hiring." Sparrow asked curiously. "Not Grace, she is the head of the Avatar program here, she likes things her way, and that's the way it should be, The mercenaries stay out of it. Grace has had enough of all those 'gun totting morons' she calls them. They are the reason the Na'vi distrust us" Sidda said before shaking her head a bit. "But Grace will explain that to you. You know why they are here right?" Sidda asked, her eyes taking in Sparrows reaction. "No.. I was just told I work as a botanist, to do research on Pandora." She answered her.
"Then you have a bit to learn. Its not hard to understand but its a source of frustration for Grace. She loves the Na'vi. They aren't savages to her like they are to the soldiers." Sidda told Sparrow who was soaking in everything she was being told. "Sounds familiar." Sparrow said with a wry laugh. Sidda nodded "You got it. They think because these people live in a tree they are nothing but heathens." Sidda told Sparrow as they entered a room with high tech machinery and scientists moving about busily. There were charts and microscopes with people leaning over them studying diligently and Pods around the room, some closed with blue light leaking out from it. Some open and waiting for people. That was when she spotted Dr. Augustine.
Sidda smiled as the woman looked over at them sharply. "Relax, we come in peace!" Sidda said. The womans face was stern but she still managed to grin and give a wry laugh. "More than we can say about those morons over in the Military wing." Was the womans reply. "You must be miss. Dawes." Augustine said, approaching her and giving her a hand shake. "I'm glad you made it on time." The woman said. She seemed like a nice enough person, just not the type to take anyone's crap-it was abundantly clear she was running things around here.
"Thank you, Dr. Augustine. You can call me Sparrow, if its easier to remember." Sparrow said, glancing around the room in awe. Grace seemed to notice this and smiled. "I like your enthusiasm. Call me Grace. Don't worry, contrary to what you must of heard of me, I wont bite.." Grace joked, her voice was a bit gruff but not unkind. Another familiar face chose that moment to show up. "Sparrow! Glad to see you here." Max Patel said as he rounded a corner with a few petri dishes with specimens in them. "Hey, Grace." He said. Grace grinned. "Well, no time like the present to show you the ropes, Lets show her around the lab." Grace said. For the rest of the day they went on that way. Sparrow found Grace to be highly intelligent and not without a sense of humor, maybe a little more subtle than most but clearly there. Sidda she learned, wasn't a scientist, but a type of secretary. She keeps the files together when the others are busy with something else and makes sure that everyone's stuff is in order. She was a whizz with timing and with coordination. She even managed to somehow warn them when Parker was paying them a visit.
Grace explained the distaste for military personnel to Sparrow, who agreed with her wholeheartedly. Most of the soldiers saw the Na'vi as savages, as heathens. And Quarich was the head of that assumption, the man was constantly spreading the notion that these people were completely different than them, didnt feel like they did, cared nothing but for attacking humans on sight. She became aware the government was mostly interested in aquiring unubtanium, It was there job to study pandora and to try and persuade the Na'Vi that they had peaceful intentions. It was hard to get them to believe that when soldiers are running rampant and shooting their guns off every five seconds. Sparrow knew her way around the lab and the rest of the science wing relatively swiftly. She knew how to get to and from the Avatar chambers. She could visit hers to see how she was going along when she wants to.
By Dinner time she had been introduced to a few people, Parker had come by and eyed her up again, introducing her to a few more people she wasnt sure shed remember. A pilot, that drove them around and was a close friend of Grace, named Trudy was one of those she met and got along with. The girl was easy to get along with, but Sparrow isnt the type of person to dislike anyone right away. Though their are some cases where she will distrust someone if she gets a bad feeling about them. She was walking with Grace now towards mess hall. "This place is a mad house at meal time. So, how good is your Na'vi." Grace asked. Sparrow smiled. "Good, I studied for years." Sparrow answered in Na'vi.
"Good, Your accent can use some work but its not easy learning a language if you've never met the locals." Grace praised, she understood that to get a compliment from her meant she was doing good so far and she couldnt help the smile that broke out on her face. "Thanks" Sparrow said as they got their food (Not the greatest, cafateria food isnt exactly high qualaty) A peice of bread, mashed potatos and what looked like gravy with a side of some sort of meat. "Hey Sparrow." came Max' voice from the seat. "Hows everything going?" He asked. Most of her training had been with Grace or another in the Avatar program, a woman named Ashe who didnt talk much other than to give instructions. Max had been to busy to chat, and Grace was always busy but found some time to show her what she was doing so Sparrow would know whats in store.
Dinner went great, laughing and talking and learning even more about the base than usual. By the time it was done and they went their seperate ways Sparrow was stuffed to the brim with information and lead to what looked like a lap top by Max. "This is where we record our thoughts on the avatar program, its good to help any new information be kept track of, and the higher ups like to know whats going on." He explained that when she was in her Avatar she would be recording a log at least once every few days. Whenever possible really. "Thanks for showing me around Max." She said, earning a grin from him. "No problem. Its getting late and were all packing up, Im going to head out, you need me to walk you back?" Max asked. "No thank you, I want to go see my Avatar again." Sparrow told him.
"Okay, you remember your way around right?" He asked. "Yes, I can remember how to get to her." Sparrow assured him, smiling and waving at his retreating back after they said good bye. She was beyond tired but wants to keep track of her Avatar, to get used to seeing her before her first day out. It was months away, six months to be exact but the more used to her the better. Sparrow walked down the halls, it was late, around ten o clock so not many people were out and about save for cleaning crew. She arived at her destination and scanned her I.D. Badge, entering the room with a strange excited feeling in her gut, Adrenilin? Sparrow was almost impatient to get into her avatar to explore Pandora but then she would feel that nervous feeling and she would feel glad for the six month wait. Sparrow really had mixed feelings on it. There was her Avatar. And two others near it. Two male avatars that caught her attention.
Sparrow took a moment to observe the closest one. He was amazing, huge like the others, the name, Tom Sully, could be read on a tiny monitor conected to the 'womb' like chamber. She pondered it for another moment in awe. The Na'vi were so different from them but at their was a certain charm about them. They remind her of the story of Fairies, and Elves. She glanced at his ears, higher up on his head than on a normal human and elf like almost. Before she had thought they look deer like, but now she could tell they were an odd mix. She pondered the long Queue trailing down his back as the Avatar moved just a bit within the tank. The colors were so amazing. Gorgeous! The blues and the slight traces of green she could catch on the Avatars body.
Sparrow moved on to the next one. Norm Spellmen. She found it to be just as big, all the avatars had long hair and she found it nice. The black color shimmery and glossy even in the liquid they flote in. She didnt ponder him for long, her own Avatar lay serenely in the tank at the end. She smiled as she moved to the Avatar, walking up towards her face. The hair was floting around her face making the creature, the Avatar, look even more Epherial. It was strange to see her features mixed with the Avatars. To see the fingers twitch from time to time made her think of her Ultrasound video, when shed sat down to watch it. Sparrow placed her hand against the glass and stood thinking for a long moment about how odd it was, how exhilerating it was to imagine moving about in such a powerful being.
"They really are interesting." A voice sounded behind her, startling her enough to make her jump and place a hand on her chest to sooth her racing heart. "Parker!" She greated as he walked to stand beside her and glance at the being in the tank. "Your Avatar would fit right in with the Na'vi" Parker said, and while he didnt sound that enthusiastic at that thought there was a certain impressed tone in his voice. Sparrow nodded. "Thats what I have been told. Who is Tom Sully, and Norm Spelling?" She suddenly asked, remembering those other Avatars in the making. Parker glanced at her, suprised. "Why do you want to know?" He pondered. Sparrow shrugged, indifferent other than the small curious gleam in her eye. "Im just curious, I wasnt introduced." She told him. "Well, They havent arived yet. They are do around the time your Avatar is finished." Parker said, his hands behind his back as he glanced around the room, at a loss to what to say.
"Is it alright for me to be here alone? If thats what you came to say Im sorry, I will leave right away." Sparrow said with an appologetic tone, as she took a step away from the tank. "Oh, That, no. Its okay to view your Avatar, if it wasnt you would have been told by now." Parker said, a bit to fast. Sparrow looked puzzled. "O..k?" She said slowly, pushing a strand of raven hair behind one peirced ear. "Do you need help in anything?" She asked again. She didnt know why he was here so late, and nothing she could think of seemed likely to bring him here. Parker seemed lost in thought for a second before he answered. "No reason, I was just in the area, figured I would take a look at the ware. You know, these Avatars cost the RDA enough money to buy a top notch home with." Parker said, whistling low. "I like to watch over the investment." He said.
Sparrow didnt like something about that statement. The man didnt seem to happy over something and frankly she just isnt in the mood to speak, she was beyond tired by now and just wanted to curl up in bed for all the stuff she would learn tomorrow. It was hard to concentrate on one topic and she had to write in her journal things that had happened, so she wouldnt forget anything important. "Well, Parker, Im sorry I am bailing out like this but Ive had a big day. Im going to head off to bed." Sparrow said akwardly, hoping he doesnt want to talk any more. Parker almost seemed like he would speak more, his eyes focussed on her face, searching her eyes for something before he gave a fake grin and nodded. "Have a nice evening ." He said as she hurried from the room, hoping she hasnt offended him.
Sparrow pondered the strange meeting as she walked to her room. He had seemed troubled, but at the same time had made her uncomfortable with how he acted around her, she wondered if Max' joke the other day wasnt to far from the truth..When she had asked who Tom sully and Norm spellmen was Parker had gotten a strange look in his eyes, and then when he mentioned the price of the Avatars were it gave her an equally forboding feeling. Grace had said all this man cares about is his job, money and Unobtanium- and warned her to stear clear from Colinel Quarich as well. And Sparrow tends to believe her, Grace didnt seem the type to spread pointless rumors. Her room was just as she left it save for one thing, beside the table was a new bag, plastic with hard plastic handles like one you would find in a hospital. There was a note beside it.
Sparrow wasted no time in turning on the light and crossing the room to read it.
Sparrow,
Here is your equipment, as you know Cell phones arent allowed here, you need something to contact us with.
Also, There is your Avatars paperwork in here and anyother paperwork you may need to keep track of. Its not
easy to contact relatives from here, your room has a video recorder, theres a few empty cassets to use. Its been
almost six years, Figured you would need to contact them,
-Sidda
Sparrow smiled a bit and went to the bag, pulling out a black cell phone like device. It was very fancy, and expencive looking, on her paperwork it spoke that she was responsible for any misplaced gear so she carefully put it in the standard dresser located beside her bed. She took out a cassette and glanced at it curiously. She was dead tired, and wants to send correspondence to Sam, but at the same time she knew she would worry her if she sent a tape looking like a zombee! So Sparrow didnt waste time in getting to bed that night. Thoughts of her Avatar forfront on her mind, followed by the strange actions and words of Parker.
For months Sparrow followed after the others learning exactly what they did, and while she had to stay close to the Avatars when they went anywhere and wear one of those annoying oxygen masks she saw Pandora with her own eyes, she didnt go with them often, she wasnt going to be that useful in the feild until she can use her Avatar body. She couldnt go that far with them and had to stay very close to the air craft when she did go along, since if her mask fell off it would mean death for her. But she helped by observing the specimines, doing paperwork and researching the plants and animals of Pandora. She learns more of the Na'vi everyday and has managed to keep her routine of working out everyday going strong.
Sparrow had visited her Avatar once a week for months and her progress was noticeable, her hair grew longer, now around mid shoulder. And Max said she was nearly complete. Sparrow could almost see the extra height, and was impressed that the Na'vi look alike could even get bigger, she had thought it was finished growing in that way.. It was now her fifth and a half month on Pandora and her Avatar was nearly ready. She also got things together for the next arival of people for the Avatar program. She was growing more and more anxious everyday. She grew closer to her team. She learned more about them. She often helps Sidda with the paperwork and other such menial tasks. Her favorite time was any time she was alone, the place was swarming with busy people twenty four seven. Days off were rare she had heard. Resting was a luxory and she hadnt even gotten out in her Avatar yet.
Parker was still acting weird but they rarely run into each other now, but there has been the occasional meeting where he would ask pointless questions or flirt with her. She had realized thats what he was doing since she wasnt that naive to think that the strange way he would zero in on her when she met him in the halls or he came to check up on the Avatar program. Sparrow just puts that on the bottom of her list of things to worry about. She had sent tapes to the main office to be relayed to earth many times, and had gotten a few letters from Sam back saying she was fine, and had a three year old son named David. Sparrow always feels homesick when she reads these letters. And the time grew closer and closer to the expected arival of the new Avatar members. Grace seemed tense as of late, the unobtanium issue had been coming up more and more lately.
The navi didnt like the Humans trampling the earth and digging stuff up. She saw plenty air crafts and tanks return to bace with arrows embedded into the sides from skirmishes when the Na'vi catch them at it. The distrust was obvious, between the two races. It still amuses Sparrow when Max walks by her in his avatar body and jokingly pats her head. Sparrow learned fast what Sidda had meant when she said she felt like a little girl standing next to one. And soon the days nearly blurred together, Six months was only days away, her Avatar would be ready...she would have her first outing in her Avatar.
Well, This chapter was a little rougher to write, Because it was getting you ready for Jakes arrival and her first trip into her Avatar, which is going to happen next chapter. I should have the next one out in a week or so. Maybe sooner, I have to rewatch the movie to catch any little thing I may have missed. I hope you guys like it and please, Review (Flames arent welcome.) I worked on the paragraphs a little more. They are shorter, a few long ones but they were not easy to avoid.
Artymoon.