Hiya! Sorry that this chapter took so long, I was in a No Service zone. Anyway, this chapter will contain some rushed scenes-not many-some OOC-because why not? And it contains a few things that I came up with myself.
Morning
Dominika awoke and found herself in the embrace of Tsu'tey. His hand gently on her thigh and one of his legs in between hers. His other hand was on her stomach, while his head was nestled in the crook of her neck.
She moaned in happiness before waking him up, "Hey, wake up, Tsu'tey. You're their leader and you can't spend all day snuggling up to me." She teased and he groggily shook his head.
"Yes I can. Toruk Macto is leading the party to all the tribes. Him, not me." Tsu'tey responded, clearly still asleep.
Dominika snorted in amusement before detaching herself, "Alright, get up. I know your mind is clouded by my presence."
As if by magic, he jumped up and looked at her with a hint of annoyance. He clearly wanted to spend more time with her.
She pulled him along towards the main area, feeling his irritation flowing off of him in waves. He was not happy alright, his snuggling was interrupted, he has to be a translator and he has to explain that he's mated to the former Russian.
All that together equals a very large headache.
Dominika looked back at him and tilted her head, "I can be the translator if you want."
He gave her a distracted nod before studying her eyes, they were mainly happy but he could detect the smallest of sadness. It was a confused sadness at best, as if she couldn't comprehend why she was sad.
That's when he heard it, a small whisper in his mind, 'My Ikran didn't make it out.'
"Your Ikran...it's gone isn't it?" Tsu'tey said slowly and she paused, looking back at him with a small frown.
"Yes. I don't know vhat happened to him after I crashed my jet, I was unconscious and near-death. All I know is that he's dead, he died...somehow." She explained, that same sad look on her face that was mixed with confusion.
A hooting call reverberated through the air and Tsu'tey grabbed her before running towards the Ikrans.
Dominika smirked at his actions, "He von't hurt me, silly. Ve are mated and he vouldn't kill his rider's mate."
Tsu'tey looked at her with a small smile, which is an incredible achievement since his favorite face involves a scowl.
They reached his ikran and jumped on before helping her up. She was sore from last night's...actions.
But we won't go into that now.
Jake looked over at the duo and was dumbfounded at the sight. He wildly pointed at her then at Tsu'tey, trying to figure out what had happened.
Dominika looked amused at his behavior while Tsu'tey resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
"Drop it, Jake." Dominika said, a grin on her face showing that she was enjoying the situation.
"Wha…" Jake muttered until Neytiri joined him on Toruk.
Neytiri gave the couple a friendly smile and whacked Jake. She whispered something to him and he twitched in reply.
He was clearly unhappy with the development, while Neytiri seemed unfazed by the new couple.
In reality she was glad that Tsu'tey had mated with Dominika. The woman was the ideal mate for him.
Plus...she was beginning to think he would remain alone forever. He never bothered to show any interest in a woman before Dominika, so at least she knows he can love.
Jake begrudgingly took off and Dominika smirked triumphantly, "Jake vas throwing a tantrum, kinda funny ya know."
Tsu'tey smiled slightly before urging his ikran to take flight. Dominika's grip tightened causing him to elicit a sound like that of a purr.
Her smile widened, "That's pretty cute. You purr, vish I could."
He looked back at her and smirked at her dreamy look, "Then I'll just have to do it more often." His purring grew louder at that and she laughed.
POV change
My eyes were closed as the wind hit my cheeks, it was a glorious feeling. Tsu'tey was purring softly now. Almost as if he was trying to lull me to sleep.
I looked up at the growing darkness, we had gotten so far in only a day. Jake was one hell of a speaker.
But, I know what's gonna happen. When one side of a war gathers more troops, you bring out the explosives. You don't aim for the troops, you go for their headquarters. Once they're in a confused frenzy, that's when you attack.
Simple rules of war.
Once we landed, I ran over to Jake, "Quaritch is gonna hit here first. Explosives."
"War 101?" He asked, looking around at the same time.
"Always vorked for us. Ve usually hit one of their most important bases, then soldiers on foot would shoot the Germans down while they're confused. Something tells me that he's gonna use that technique." I replied, looking at Tsu'tey as he joined me.
He was purring softly enough so only I would hear and feel it. His purring was comforting and I felt my nerves slowly fading away.
I wasn't paying attention when Tsu'tey suddenly led me away. Jake still looked slightly peeved, but let it go and returned to preparing for tomorrow.
I looked at Tsu'tey, "I vish I could join you...I'm stuck here."
He noticed my forlorn look and pulled me into an embrace. Fingers brushing gently through my long locks and his forehead touching mine. He knew my worries like I knew his, no words were needed.
On the outside, Tsu'tey is a warrior...but for me, he is my big purring kitten.
Line break.
I awoke that morning in a burst of energy. Energy I hadn't felt since we attacked the Germans. Adrenaline mixed with nervousness with a little bit of excitement.
Tsu'tey quickly helped me with my body paint, as we had decided I'd be going on horse with the Horse Clan.
He had been holding onto my bow ever since Hometree fell. The simple action brought a smile to my face and earned him a hug which he happily accepted might I add.
I found a direhorse and he helped me up, "Be careful." He whispered, trying not to show his vulnerability while talking to me.
I pointed at the throat mikes that Norm had brought, "Ve can still communicate, remember that."
He nodded, but still had that uneasy look on his face. A call sounded and hundreds upon hundreds of direhorses began riding out.
I took this as my signal and kissed his forehead before following the rest of the riders.
POV change
The mass of direhorse riders, stampeded through the forest, with Dominika positioned near the back of the group.
Far enough back that she could retreat easily, but in around the middle so she wasn't hit from behind.
The stampede was in a relatively good formation, especially considering the short amount of time spent organizing the order of it.
That's when the guns rang out. Bodies flew into the air from the impact of the machine guns. Dominika quickly drew her bow and her arrow flew straight into the mech-driver's head.
The soldiers looked alarmed at the quick killing of the big machine toting mech-driver, and this gave the Na'vi the chance to shoot several in the back.
The situation looked good for a second, until they recovered from their shock, that is.
One soldier pulled out a flamethrower and Dominika quickly halted her stampede. Good job Quaritch, give a pyromaniac a flamethrower. She thought and began retreating, because she knew she couldn't handle a flamethrower.
Not with what she had.
"Jake I'm retreating, ve're getting hammered down here! I don't know how long ve can last." Dominika said into the throat mike.
Right then, her horse got shot from underneath her. She flew onto the ground with a hard thump.
Rolling into a nearby bush, the loud screech of an ikran startled her. She looked up and as if time had frozen, a majestic dark purple ikran loomed over her. Its head resembled Toruk's, but this one had a much more sleek look to it. Six gold beady eyes peered at her and studied her quiet form.
Several guns opened fire on it and it didn't even blink. It gave a low grumble before lowering to the ground submissively. Dominika blinked at it before pointing to herself then at the ikran. The massive beast gave her an annoyed huff.
"Ohhh, you're serious. Wow…" Dominika muttered, still in disbelief.
It gave an impatient screech and she climbed up onto it's back, before making the bond.
"We don't have a lot of time. We need to get up there." The ikran said through the bond.
"Vhat are ve waiting for? Let's go then." Dominika smirked and the ikran snorted in amusement.
They took to the skies, unknowingly changing the course of history forever.
Time skip.
Everything froze as a heavenly screech sounded. The ikrans flew back slightly, despite the protests of their riders, and lowered their heads.
"Neytiri, what is that?" Jake asked through the throat mike.
Neytiri was on the ground when she heard it. The call of a titan.
"A titan...Jake, that's the titan of the Ikrans!" Neytiri responded, eyes wide in amazement.
"What's a Titan again?" Jake asked, noticing Turok even back up.
"A Titan is the leader! They have power over certain things. The ikran Titan is said to have power over the weather." Neytiri said quietly, not entirely believing what had happened.
The Titan screeched once more and they saw a majestic purple ikran in the distance, her wings glowed a neon purple with beautiful white dots.
As it neared them, the Ikrans all hooked to rocks to allow the Titan to fly through. Jake's eyes widened when he saw a red haired woman atop the magnificent beast.
Dominika.
The woman herself looked a little beat up from the stampede, but there was the biggest grin on her face.
She raised her hand and with a ululating hoot, only emphasized by the powerful roar of the ikran, the duo passed under them.
Seconds later, thousands maybe even millions of Ikrans descended from the clouds. The Titans wings lit up brightly, and Dominika's braid glowed a beautiful red in response.
The Titan soared over several samsons and lightning suddenly hit each one.
With Dominika
"Okay, that vas pretty cool. I'll admit, but any idea vhere Tsu'tey is?" Dominika asked, and suddenly her sight changed.
She quickly realized that this was the titan's view. Her head darted down and she gasped, "There! That's him!"
"You gotta catch him." The Titan grumbled, clearly not happy that she had to go catch someone.
"How am I supposed to do that?!" Dominika yelled, her voice slightly dimmed since the wind was smacking her in the face.
"Just catch him! Otherwise, he plummets to his death and you'll be crying for a lifetime!" The Titan said, angry at the woman.
Dominika paused before raising her hand and letting out a cry. This signaled several ikran to her area and with a simple point, they caught him.
"Good. I didn't want to catch him." The Titan said, eyes blinking in approval.
Dominika hooted at the Ikrans and they screeched before heading towards the Tree of Souls.
"Now ve have to take down the big boys." Dominika smirked and the Titan laughed through the bond.
"Most of the smaller ones are being handled. I'll try and hit that one." The Titan replied, her head tilted towards Quaritch's ship.
Dominika lowered her body as the Titan went in for a dive, electricity surging through its body.
When the Titan soared over the ship, a massive lightning bolt struck the ship's side. The ship creaked and the Russian waved her hand, giving Jake the go-ahead.
He smirked and hopped off of Turok, throwing grenades as he ran across the top of the ship.
The Titan banked hard and flew over the second large ship, and lightning struck one of its engines.
Dominika grinned, "Nice! It's gonna crash now vith the bombs!"
An explosion rocked the air as Quaritch's ship began descending. Dominika, who was probably underestimating the colonel's survivability, flew back to the Tree of Souls.
Time Skip
Dominika leaped off the Titan and ran over to Mo'at and a few healers. They were attending Tsu'tey who was injured in the fight. "Tsu'tey! Are you okay?!"
Her hand landed on his cheek and he leaned into her hand. His eyes traveled to the Titan and back to her, "A Titan...How?"
The Titan grumbled, "I can explain that one. Every few years a certain…" The Titan trailed off with a growl, eyes locking onto Dominika, "...Someone compels me to wake up. Most of the time I just go back to sleep but this time, Red kept me awake."
"Do-min-i-ka! Not Red!" Dominika yelled, causing the Titan to roll its eyes.
"Whatever. As I was saying, the demons made me rethink everything and well...I'm staying with her. This last battle has struck me that perhaps the Titans should not sleep through these difficult times, Mother has told me what I shall do." The Titan said, looking directly at Dominika, her words catching Mo'at off guard slightly.
The Titan's wings unfurled and Dominika found herself running towards it, where she hopped on and connected her braid without question. Her hair lit up and she took a deep breath before releasing it, Why does my hair do that? She thought through the bond.
Every Titan Rider has unexpected effects when they make the bond, your hair glows I guess… The Titan said although it didn't seem to convince Dominika.
Suuuure. Dominika thought, the Titan chuffing angrily in reply.
To be continued….