This chapter is meant to be fast paced. It is supposed to reflect the fact that your entire would can crumble around you in a very short period of time.

So the rushed feeling is entirely on purpose. I wanted you guys-the readers-to feel as if you are actually inside the movie. And the movie-at this point of time-is extremely fast as the Na'vi society is collapsing.

I really hope that it feels as if the chapter is just another scene to the movie. If it is, I will feel accomplished.

That sounds really deep 0_0

And this is also gonna be my longest chapter! Didn't intend for it to be that way, but it happened.

The days flew by as Dominika finished up her training. It didn't feel as if a month had passed, but one look at the calendar said it all. Tsu'tey still lusted over the Russian, but she was able to diffuse most situations quite easily thanks to Grace.

"Have ve really been here three months, Grace?" Dominika asked as she ate her breakfast.

Grace laughed, "Yep, time flies out here. Later today I gotta go talk with Selfridge, reports and whatnot."

Dominika sipped her morning coffee, "Sounds fun, good luck not decking him." She said with a grin, knowing Grace's dislikement towards the man.

"I'll need it." Grace then walked away, coffee still in hand.

Dominika closed her eyes in thought, thinking back to the previous day.

Flashback!

Neytiri stood before her as she painted on the white strokes. The Na'vi must have been surprised that Dominika had made it that far.

The female pulled away and smiled, "You are ready."

Dominika made her way into the central area where Jake stood, painted just like her. He smiled and she offered him a smile back.

"You are now children of the Omaticaya. You are part of the People." Eytukan said, one hand on Dominika and the other on Jake.

Flashback end!

Jake rolled past her towards his link bed, but she threw a heated breakfast burrito at him, "Eat that and I von't tell Grace that you skipped breakfast."

Jake laughed, "Thanks. She gets pissed off when she notices me doing it."

Dominika waved her hand, "Just eat it, Neytiri is probably waiting for you."

He ate it in a minute flat then he got into his link bed. Dominika quickly got it set up for him and then went to finish her coffee.

Just a normal day in the shack.

Upon finishing her drink, she got into her own link bed.

Opening her eyes, she heard yelling and quickly got out of her hammock. Descending the stairs in a flash, she saw Jake standing in the central area with Neytiri in hand.

Tsu'tey had his knife out and was about to attack, but Dominika rushed in and stood in front of him, arms spread out.

"Vhat the hell did you do, Jake?!" Dominika hissed, shooting him a glare.

"Move out of the way, Dominika!" Tsu'tey yelled.

"No! Until I know vhat Jake has screwed up this time, I vill not allow you to attack him!" She shouted glaring deeply at him which startled him into backing away.

"Explain." She stated.

"They're coming. They're gonna attack." Jake's voice was barely above a whisper. "We have to leave!"

Dominika's eyes widened, "You gotta be kidding me, Jake...Wait, how do you know-"

Suddenly, Dominka fell to the ground unconscious. Tsu'tey rushed towards her, "What did you do to her?!"

Jake looked at him in shock, Dammit. Jake thought, "Just let me-" He too fell to the ground, causing many of them to gasp.

The link bed flung open and Dominika growled while delivering the soldier a nasty uppercut, "What the hell is going on Jake?!" She screamed and punched several more soldiers.

Quaritch walked over to her and caught her punch and punched her in the face, causing her to fall to the ground. She seethed at him and thrashed as several soldiers dragged her away while shoving a mask on her face.

Closing her eyes, she began formulating a plan. If they wanted to blow up Home Tree, she had to fight back.

Dominika scowled as Quaritch looked at Jake, "You let me down, son. You got a little local pussy and completely forgot what team you play for." The muscle-head stated.

Grace frowned, "Parker, listen, there may still be time to-"

Quaritch's head snapped to where she was, "Shut your fucking hole!"

Grace was slightly unnerved by his yell, but glared at him with an equal amount of fury, "Or what, Ranger Rick? You gonna shoot me?"

"I can arrange that." He stated, causing Dominika to roll her eyes.

The russian tuned out the conversation and stared at her zip-tied hands, grinning in excitement as she closed her eyes.

Footsteps began departing and Dominika looked at Jake, "How long?"

"What do you mean?" Jake asked, looking at her in confusion.

"How long do you think they vill be gone?" Dominika asked, leaning her head down to her boots.

"Only a few minutes, why?"

"I'm gonna cut these damn zip ties and go out the door." She mumbled in excitement, unzipping her boot with her teeth.

"That's insane." Jake mumbled as she pulled out a knife.

"This vhat we would do if ve were captured, we took classes in doing normal things with our mouth incase ve were bound." Dominika explained, her voice slightly muffled due to the knife.

"This only happens in stories…" Jake mumbled.

Dominika cut the zipties off and grinned, "The maybe ve are in a story."

In a move that resembled a kamikaze, she broke into a sprint towards the emergency door and grabbed the mask near it. Soldiers swamped her once they realized what was going on, but she punched a few away before kicking the rest to the ground.

Once she opened the door, the alarms sounded. Running on adrenaline alone, she hurled herself off of the staircase and onto the floor below.

A gun began firing and she almost immediately knew that Quaritch was trying to shoot her ass. She dodged most of the bullets as she charged towards the Zeus jet.

That jet was the game changer, if used right that is.

Finally reaching the jet, she quickly climbed up the side of it and flung herself into the cockpit. A bullet flew past her and she glared at the man, "Have fun fighting me now, Asshole!" She screamed and turned on the jet in one quick motion.

The holographic screen covered her eyes and she moved the stick that sat between her knees. Hitting several buttons, the jet took off down the runway. Thankfully, she had managed to strike the jackpot, and they were all on the other side of the runway preparing for the attack.

One stray bullet had hit her leg, but that didn't matter. Her PTSD did not matter. Nothing did.

The only thing that was on her mind was protecting the natives.

Holographic maps surrounded her as she flew further and further away from the base.

Quaritch slammed the door and glared at the three remaining Avatar drivers. "Lock them up." He muttered.

Grace fought against the soldiers as she flipped the colonel off, "We could have talked to them!"

Jake frowned, "Just give us an hour! I can convince them! They trust me." He said in desperation, eyes staring at the two men.

Selfridge thought this over and looked at them, "You've got one hour. Unless you want your girlfriend in there when the axe comes down, you get them to evacuate. One hour."

They made their way to the link room and an even larger group of soldiers surrounded them. Having one of them go kamikaze and steal a ship, they watched the three like a bunch of hawks.

Jake wheeled himself over to his and got in. Selfridge looked at him, "One hour." He said, and Jake nodded before closing the lid.

The entire clan is gathered, with Eytukan and Mo'at presiding. Jake looked around, feeling the gaze of the People upon him. He steeled himself, and spoke in clear Na'vi, "Eytukan, I have something to say, to everyone."

"Speak, Jakesully." Eytukan said, an unreadable look on his face.

"A great evil is upon us. The Sky People are coming to destroy Hometree. They will be here soon." Jake said, eyes looking at the People.

The clan murmured nervously as Jake continued, "You have to leave, or you will die."

"Are you certain of this?" Mo'at asked, her face taking on one of surprise.

"They sent me here to learn your ways. So one day I could bring this message, and you would believe it." Jake stated, eyes drifting towards the ground.

"What are you saying, Jake? You knew this would happen?" Neytiri asked, shocked by his words.

Jake's eyes were glued to the ground, "Yes. At first it was just orders. Then everything changed. I fell in love-with the forest, with the Omaticaya People-" He looked at her "-with you. And by then, how could I tell you?"

Neytiri could barely breathe. She shook with the enormity of it, her voice cracking with rage and pain, "I trusted you, Jake!"

"Neytiri. Please, I only wanted to-" Jake began but her anguished scream stopped him.

"You will never be one of the People! NEVER!" She screamed, tears pooling at her eyes.

Tsu'tey, who had never left Dominika's unconscious form, looked at his hunters, "Bind them!"

They grab Jake, who doesn't resist. Others seize Grace. Both are driven to their knees, and their arms bound.

Dominika's face had dried tears as she readied her weapons, "Vill this go down like before?"

Her question went unanswered as another tear fell from her puffy eyes. "Doesn't matter. Vhat matters is protecting them."

The former pilot shook her head as she reached the area, they had already begun their assault.

Enraged by this, she opened fire at them.

Jake watched in horror as the RDA began firing at the tree. "You have to get out of Hometree! Run to the forest! Please, I'm begging you!" He yelled.

All of a sudden, three of the Samsons were shot down. A jet soared over them, momentarily stopping the RDA's assault. It was quickly resumed as they began firing heavier missiles at the tree, hoping to knock it down before the pilot of the jet sunk them.

Trudy pulled back upon witnessing the jet, causing Wainfleet to get angry. "Why the hell are you pulling back?!" He yelled.

The pilot glanced back at him, "I didn't sign up for this shit!" She stated as she flew back towards the base.

Dominika's jet soared over them and fired more missiles at the ships.

The muscle-head himself growled, "Shoot her down!"

The Samsons redirected their attacks towards the jet, and in response the ship did a barrel roll and missiles shot out from its wings. The missiles tracked down the Samsons and took one down.

"Dammit!" Quaritch muttered as the jet continued defending the tree.

Jake looked at the jet in amazement, before his eyes widening in horror, "Grace, Dominika is piloting that thing! Look at it's wing!" Grace followed his gaze and her eyes widened.

"She isn't gonna survive another hit like that." Grace stated, observing the condition of the aircraft.

The wing was smoking and half of it was blown off.

Dominika's eyes overflowed as tears poured down her face, "One engine down."

Another lucky missile hit her jet and she banked hard to avoid two other missiles, slamming both buttons on the steering wheel.

"If I am to die, steroid, I'm taking someone vith me!" She unbuckled herself and piloted it straight towards two of the Samsons. Only a second later she ejected herself from the cockpit and the jet crashed into the two aircrafts.

Only two Samsons remained along with Quaritch's ship. The colonel seethed upon seeing the kamikaze take out two of them, "Just continue firing! There isn't anyone to stop us now!"

And that is what they did.

Dominika opened her eyes. Once again, she had survived a plane crash. Her exo-pack was still attached to her face, allowing her to stay out there. Surrounding her was nothing but ash, they had killed it.

She coughed before standing up. Only one word could describe the scene before her.

Apocalyptic.

She nearly collapsed at the sight, an overwhelming sadness washing over her. Touching her forehead, she noticed dried blood all over her face. Cuts were across her body, with some being deep and some being superficial.

Judging by her surroundings, they had destroyed the tree a day ago. The natives were long gone, but the sound of an ikran caught her off guard.

She stumbled towards the sound and her eyes widened upon seeing Jake in his Avatar form. He was surveying the destruction while patting his ikran.

"Jake…" She mumbled, and fell to the ground due to a bullet still being in her leg.

He looked down at her and his eyes grew wide, "Dominika?! You're still alive?" He picked her up rather easily and the human looked at him.

"Of course I'm still alive...Though, I von't be for much longer, Jake." She whispered, a sad look in her eyes.

"No, no, w-we can take you to the clan! They still trust you!" Jake tried to reason with her, but that peaceful look in her eyes made him pause.

"Listen, I am far too weak to make it there myself. You vould have to do something utterly ridiculous-why are you giving me that look?" She recovered from her dramatic, 'I'm gonna die speech' to stare at him.

"If I can become Toruk Makto, they will trust me. Then they can help you." Jake's insane plan caused Dominika to jawdrop.

The two-timing kamikaze was completely dumbfounded at his words, "You do realize that Toruk kills most of the people that see him, right?" She whispered, her eyes locking onto his as a worried look appeared.

"He never would look up." He stated. The five words struck the Russian hard and she gulped, before nodding warily.

"You are correct, he only attacks those below him." Dominika mumbled, a small grin settling on her face.

He mirrored her and walked away from the area, "Think you'll survive for thirty minutes?"

Dominika nodded, "Just put me down in the ash, the creatures don't like this area."

"Hope you're right on that one." He said and connected with his banshee and took off.

"I hope am right as vell, Jake."

45 minutes later.

Dominika awoke to a thundering roar and opened her eyes, instead of being her rival-the thanator-it was Jake. He disconnected from Toruk and ran to her side, "Sorry I'm late, he gave me a little more trouble than I bargained for."

Her skin was a little bit more pale as she let out a small laugh, "Silly marine. Did you think he vas gonna go willingly?" She rubbed his massive arm as he picked her up.

"At first-yes, now-not so much." Jake laughed as he walked over to Toruk and connected with the beast.

"Tell me, Jake. Did Grace make it out?" Dominika asked as Toruk lowered so that the Na'vi could mount him. Dominika was picked up and placed in front of him.

It was a move reminiscent of her days with her brothers back on Earth. Securely holding onto the girl as they fled away from the battlefields.

"Quaritch shot her, but the bullet wasn't that deep so Norm extracted it. Never knew the guy had it in him." The creature took off and Dominika breathed in sharply. "Grace is stable for now, but she is held up in the shack. We managed to get her to stay so she didn't reopen her own wounds. She stitched them herself."

"The Norm I knew vould puke at the sight of blood." She remarked.

Jake laughed, "He did puke, two seconds after it was out. I have never seen him run that fast." Dominika laughed at his words and looked at her surroundings.

"Never thought I vould be up here in this body. But, this is reality I guess." She mumbled, Jake held onto her protectively as they banked.

The two were like siblings, Jake being the over-protective brother and Dominika the mischievous sister that always watched out for him. If not for their appearances, one would think they were related. Dominika's red hair always shut that thought down, however, and her startling blue eyes were a far cry from Jake's deep green eyes and brown hair.

"We're almost there." Jake said and Dominika nodded.

"Just explain everything to Neytiri...they vill trust Toruk Makto and vhen you have finished talking to them, only then do you worry about me." She said, her voice growing quiet at the end.

"Think you can hold on for that long?" Jake asked, concern clear in his eyes as the beast landed.

"Only you can save me while I'm in this form, Jake. Ve are at their most sacred place, and without an explanation they vill kill me on the spot." Dominika stated.

Jake thought it over for a second before nodding, "Alright, let me go talk it over with them."

He hopped off, leaving the wounded pilot to peer over Toruk's massive head. The People were understandably alarmed at the sight of the creature as 'Toruk Macto' echoed throughout the air in reverence and shock.

"Toruk Macto." Neytiri breathed before raising her arms, "Toruk Macto!"

The word was repeated throughout the crowd, new hope dawning in their eyes. Their hands trailed over Jake as he walked through them. Eyes directly staring into Neytiri's.

"I See you." She mumbled as tears brimmed at her eyes.

Jake smiled, "I See you." The emotion between them shone brightly, a form of love only seen in stories.

Dominika found herself wistfully staring at them before she saw Tsu'tey, the warrior had returned from watching over her avatar and was stunned speechless as the two climbed the steps of the dais.

"Tsu'tey of the Rongloa, son of Ateyo. I stand before you, ready to serve the People." He turned to look at Tsu'tey, "You are Olo'eyctan, and you are the best warrior. I can't do this without you."

Tsu'tey was silent as he struggled with his emotions, before he finally looked back at Jake, "I will fly with you."

"Ireiyo." Jake thanked him and paused to look at Toruk.

He looked at Mo'at, "It's Dominika...she's dying. I beg the help of the Great Mother."

Tsu'tey's eyes widened proportionally as Mo'at glanced past Jake, "Bring her."

Jake nodded and bounded back to Toruk. Dominika practically fell off as she fell unconscious, but Jake caught her in time and slapped her cheek. "Come on, Dominika, don't die now."

She groggily woke up and tilted her head, "Huh...so they aren't gonna kill me?"

He laughed at her comment, "No, Mo'at has told me to bring you."

"That's good to know, now I don't have to plan my last words." She said in her weakened voice.

She breathed in sharply as she fought to stay awake, but Jake had made his way back to Mo'at. Tsu'tey had her avatar body already there and still seemed to be shocked that the Russian was dying.

Right there, right now.

POV change

She was even more beautiful in her human form. Long flowing red hair and striking blue eyes. If I could've taken her from Jake, I would have. She looked like she was in so much pain, but she was willing herself to stay awake.

She was laid on the ground and I carried her other body to where I was told. I stepped back, but the woman kept her eye on me. A calm smile on her face, "I See you, Tsu'tey."

Her eyes brimmed with tears, "I've only realized the enormity of this situation...and if I survive...I vill not resist."

"Are you sure?" I asked, her words were the last thing I had expected to her from her. So she admits that she had been resisting. I thought, inwardly smiling at her change of attitude.

"Yes." She smiled a little wider before her head fell.

She closed her eyes as the roots began covering her body. "The Great Mother may choose to save all that she is-" Mo'at indicated towards Dominika's avatar, "-in this body."

"Is that possible?" Jake mumbled, looking at the now unconscious Dominika.

"Possible, yes. She must pass through the Eye of Eywa-and return. But Jakesully-she is very weak. She has only lived this long because she has willed herself." Mo'at said, and Jake held Dominika's quickly paling hand.

"Just hold on a little longer." He whispered, pain filling his eyes at the thought of his sister in all but blood dying right there.

Time Skip and POV Change.

Mo'a't stood in a kind of trance amongst the tendrils of the Mother Tree. Neytiri and the other acolytes danced hypnotically. All the Omaticaya sway and chanted to the rhythm of the drums.

Thin threads fused the woman to the ground and Jake watched as Dominika's avatar was connected by the same questing root cilia and it intertwined with the queue and began to spread over the body.

The grotto is dark except for the spectral glow of the willows. The chant continues, almost hypnotically. Mo'at, on her knees beneath the Mother Tree, writhes her arms in the trance state. Her eyes are rolled back, showing only white.

Dominika's human eyes fluttered open and looked directly above, "Guess I have to stay around, Eywa has another purpose for me." She whispered before her eyelids fell.

Her breathing slowed until it ceased altogether, and her body was still.

Jake jumped over to her avatar, anxiously hoping the girl would awaken. It was like baby steps, slowly she showed signs that the transfer was successful, but she was taking forever.

"Is she okay?" Tsu'tey finally couldn't help himself and ran over to her body.

"Yeah. It was successful, but she still isn't awake." Jake explained.

The chanting had long since stopped and Mo'at was inspecting the girl as well. "She is still connected, she must be talking to The Great Mother. In her mind."

"How is that possible?" Both men looked her and she glanced at them.

"The Great Mother makes anything possible." Mo'at answered after a few minutes.

"How long will she be like this?" Tsu'tey asked, gently cradling her head.

"There is no way of knowing." Mo'at said, her answer proving useless to the two men.

Her surroundings were dark, almost as if a black hole had swallowed her up into nothingness. Just as she was going to give up, a beautiful woman held out her hand. Her features were mainly hidden by her overwhelming brightness, but Dominika could see two pure white orbs staring back at her.

The entity gave off an aura of warmth and love as Dominika warily grabbed her hand. Despite being shrouded by her brightness, the Russian saw a beautiful smile on her face. It was like nothing she had ever seen. There was nothing that could rival her beauty, nothing. It was...almost ethereal in a way.

"Do you know why you are seeing me, child?" The woman's voice was melodic and Dominika was nearly entranced on the spot by it.

"Not really." Dominika responded, but was surprised when it came out as Na'vi. She didn't intend for it to do that!

The woman laughed softly as the Russian stared down at her lips in shock, "Don't worry about that for now, it will come to you later. You are seeing me because I have to tell you something urgent."

"And vhat might that be?" The redhead asked as the ethereal entity pondered her question.

"I cannot tell you the entire plan, but once you see the warfront, look towards the sky. Thunder will fly with you, she will fight with you like nothing that has been seen before." The entity stated as the world began fading away.

"Vhat's that supposed to mean?" Dominika murmured and felt her eyelids falling.

"-Love him." The entity said, only the two words reaching her ears before she passed out.

Line Break

A few hours had passed since the transfer and Tsu'tey refused to leave her side. If the clan wasn't in the state it was, many would have questioned this, but no one dared question their new clan leader at this time.

Dominika's fingers twitched and her eyelids opened, "She vas beautiful, Tsu'tey, even if she had the brightness of ten suns combined."

Tsu'tey was caught off guard by her comment, as she had been asleep for a while. He sat there in silent shock, She...saw Eywa? He could understand hearing Her, but seeing Her?

That was the last thing he had expected the girl to say.

"She also gave me permission." She stated, a small grin on her face.

"Permission for what?" The question was left hanging in the air as she sprang forward, so sudden and unexpected that he found himself staring at her.

She pulled him away quietly to a smaller area with a serene smile. The action caused an intense feeling to go through him.

Whether she felt it as well or not, she didn't appear to have noticed anything.

But secretly the warrior knew what it was.

Her body was near intoxicating to the warrior as she released her grip, turning around to meet his face. Her cheeks were a beautiful shade of purple as her eyes glowed in lust.

Oh, she had definitely felt it.

Her body shook slightly as she placed her hands on his chest, once again igniting that surge. She smiled, "I only resisted because this wasn't my real body...but now?"

"This is your real body now. Your soul has been real this entire time." Tsu'tey finished her sentence and she nodded.

"Yeah...Grace vas worried...worried that I might kill my human form. Ironically I did kill it, but not from starvation or depression." Her hands traveled up to his cheeks where she rubbed them, "I killed my body for the sake of the People, my death vas long due after all."

She looked at him directly in his eyes as his lips connected with hers. She moaned into the kiss and her hands fell to his chest. They separated and she lustfully went back for more.

She wrapped her leg around him and he set her on the ground, still caught up in their make out session.

Dominika, pulled away with an impressed smirk, He's a good kisser, but is he good in the other department? She thought, her hands tracing all of his muscles and going down further and further.

Playfully, yet irritatingly enough, she continued to tease him for several more minutes until he got fed up and picked her up much like one would a child. He gave her an annoyed look and she just snickered into her hand, "Did I annoy you?"

He suddenly pinned her to the ground, firmly yet there was a gentle feel to his actions. His eyes gave off a victorious look until Dominika grinned.

"Oh? Is that the game ve are gonna play?"

She leaned up towards his face and tapped him on the nose, "Let's play."