lov. the metal weapons we call ours
╰ avatar: the way of water

Battle cries echoed through out the air, things were being flung from the ship in every direction — because of the large creature, aka, Lo'ak spirit brother — swishing back and forth in the water from the pressure it held.

Odessa watched from where she was bound, held by a shoulder who kept a gun pressed against her body, as her mate and Niave both flew on their ikrans with arrows loaded in their bows. Odessa's chest filled with pride as Neytiri successfully shot an arrow into the chest of the man who held her captive.

Jumping up quickly, she raced towards where the children were. "Are you all okay?"

"Mamma." Tuk cried out as she tried to pull her body away from the railings she was tied too. "Mamma I'm scared."

"It's okay, everyone is gonna be okay."

Neteyam glanced towards Tsireya who was calming Ak'tari down. The youngest child had been screaming, her throat raw from the force she wasn't used too. He then glanced towards her mother, simply jerking his head to the side as if he had said to pay attention to the much much more scared child.

"Ak'tari, hey, shhh." Odessa coed and she crouched down as low as she could so she was eye level with her niece. "I'm gonna get you back to your mom and dad okay, it'll all be okay."

Once Ak'tari nodded and understood that everything would be okay with time — and Odessa wouldn't go back on her promise, everyone knew that — she had moved towards Neteyam and shifted her body so he could grasp the dagger that was pressed against her side.

With a little struggle, she freed herself and all the children in front of her. She gazed towards Tsireya, handing her the dagger she had just used. "Take this, take Tuk and Ak'tari somewhere safe. Go."The teenager did as told, running off with the two youngest Na'vis following right behind her. Odessa watched them jump into the water, trusting that Tsireya would take good care of them.  Hopefully.

"Spider is still inside aunt Dessa. We have to help him." Lo'ak looked up, her eyes locking with Odessa's. She understood that Lo'ak, the unbiological brother to Spider would want to save him. She had always planned on saving him, it was just that neither of the two children in front of her knew that. "We have too, he is my brother. Your nephew, and your cousin. He is family and we protect family."

Odessa smiled, quickly pressing her hands against the backs of both boys. She gave them a push towards where dead fallen soldiers laid. Both boys took the hint as to grab the guns that were scattered across the ground. They were small in their larger hands, but still fit between their slender fingers.

Odessa didn't touch the gun that laid in front of her feet. She felt like the person, the one she was before who had picked up a gun and had willingly shot at whatever she was ordered too, even the wonders of pandora. But now she felt as if that was her past, that if she touched the metal she would become someone she no longer wanted to be.

"Let's go, there's a beam on the roof mamma we can climb." Neteyam spoke, his body still as he watched his mother look away from the weapon and nod, moving after himself and Lo'ak.

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An Avatar holding his gun up at the sight of the four — Odessa, Neteyam, Lo'ak and a bow rescued Spider — wasn't a shock to Odessa. She knew this would have happened eventually, which was why she pushed everyone else behind her. Or she attempted to keep them all behind her. Lo'ak kept peaking out with curiosity.

Lo'ak slightly moved, pointing his gun at the avatar who didn't seem fazed at all by the many weapons pointed towards him. Spider glanced at the weapon in his brother's grasp, choosing to quickly snatch it from his hands. Lo'ak willingly let go as the human tugged it away from him. He didn't care much, no, he knew he would get it back.

Spider wasted no time in shooting at the avatar that was standing in front of them. As he did so, Neteyam directed them towards an open railing that would lead them right into the ocean below.

Odessa grasped Lo'ak — who grabbed ahold of Spider — and Neteyam by their arms and dragged them towards the water. She made sure that the children were in the water before she jumped in too. They were her priority, no matter what.

Odessa swam upwards after she had jumped, feet kicking furiously as she did so. Once her head was above the water she made sure all three children were okay, breathing and keeping their heads above the water.

Lo'ak and Spider were cheering happily, glad that they had escaped and killed one of tha avatars that had been trying to kill them.

And we'll Lo'ak and Spider were cheering, Neteyam and Odessa were realizing that the red blood mixing in the water was from one of them.